[dundee] udev

[alex mole]

Hi

Turns out that the problem was that ide-cd was a module and wasn't 
getting loaded. /me blushes...


Thanks for the reply :)


Alex

Andrew Clayton wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 15:14, alex mole wrote:
> 
>>Hi
>>
>>I was wondering if anyone has used udev? Only I can't seem to get my CD 
>>drives to have their devices created for them...
>>
>>The kernel is recognising them:
>>
>>Apr  3 14:46:47 abel kernel: hdc: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8160B, ATAPI 
>>CD/DVD-ROM drive
>>Apr  3 14:46:47 abel kernel: hdd: HL-DT-ST GCE-8400B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>>
>>But that is the last time they are mentioned in any log. No devices get 
>>created for them. If I run "MAKEDEV hdc hdd" then the devices appear and 
>>work.
>>
>>I've googled for this and turned up nothing of use. I'm wondering if 
>>maybe my CD drives aren't generating hotplug events and I just need to 
>>stick some more "mknod"s in a startup file...
>>
> 
> 
> A few basic questions:
> 
> 1) Are you running 2.6
> 2) Do you have CONFIG_HOTPLUG enabled
> 3) Do you have sysfs on /sys mounted
>  
> 
> kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ for more help.
>