Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:53:06 +0100 From: Pierrick Brossin <pbrossin@swissgeeks.com> To: Jason Barnes <jbarnes@c3po.barnesos.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs in 5.0 Message-ID: <1045140786.3e4b9532a7569@www.swissgeeks.com> In-Reply-To: <20030212230244.S5758-100000@c3po.barnesos.net> References: <20030212230244.S5758-100000@c3po.barnesos.net>
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Quoting Jason Barnes <jbarnes@c3po.barnesos.net>: > > I am sorry to bother you all with this, but I fundamentally don't > understand the new devfs system in 5.0. I am trying to get a usb mouse > working -- under 4.x I would do OK Here is my understanding of devfs on 5.0 If a device is detected and needs an entry in /dev/ the kernel automatically creates it. For example (the test I made): There is no ttyp0 in /dev/. Now login through SSH on your FBSD 5.0 machine. You'll see 2 new devices in /dev/ that are needed for the SSH session apparently. You cant try by doing cd /dev/ ls -l | wc -l *ssh the machine ls -l | wc -l you'll see there are more devices. Now for your USB mouse, I assume that if the kernel reconize it (dmesg | grep ums) it should be created in /dev/. Double check dmesg to be sure it's in there. Cya -- Pierrick Brossin IT Swiss - QUARK Media House 6a Puits Godet, 2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland Mail Prof: pbrossin@quark.ch Mail Priv: admin@swissgeeks.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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