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Re: [opensuse] disappearing dev links
- From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:29:56 -0500
- Message-id: <45AD7C14.60507@xxxxxxxxxx>
Mike McMullin wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 07:42 -0500, James Knott wrote:
>
>> eddieleprince wrote:
>>
>>> I have an analogue modem which is configured to /dev/modem which is a link
>>> to /dev/ttyS0. However, whenever I restart my machine the link disappears
>>> and I have to either create it manually or through yast by redoing my modem.
>>>
>>> Is this a bug? How can I get it to stay?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Eddie
>>>
>>> Sorry forgot to mention that this is in openSUSE 10.2 (Kernel
>>> 2.6.18.2-34-default).
>>>
>>>
>> /dev is cleared at every boot. You have to create the link in
>> /lib/udev/devices, which will then be copied to /dev.
>>
>
> When did the /lib/udev directory start appearing? I'm running 10.0
> and do not see it.
>
>
I don't know. However, it is in 10.2. I believe udev came in with the
2.6 kernel and 10.0 originally came with 2.4.x.
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> On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 07:42 -0500, James Knott wrote:
>
>> eddieleprince wrote:
>>
>>> I have an analogue modem which is configured to /dev/modem which is a link
>>> to /dev/ttyS0. However, whenever I restart my machine the link disappears
>>> and I have to either create it manually or through yast by redoing my modem.
>>>
>>> Is this a bug? How can I get it to stay?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Eddie
>>>
>>> Sorry forgot to mention that this is in openSUSE 10.2 (Kernel
>>> 2.6.18.2-34-default).
>>>
>>>
>> /dev is cleared at every boot. You have to create the link in
>> /lib/udev/devices, which will then be copied to /dev.
>>
>
> When did the /lib/udev directory start appearing? I'm running 10.0
> and do not see it.
>
>
I don't know. However, it is in 10.2. I believe udev came in with the
2.6 kernel and 10.0 originally came with 2.4.x.
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