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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev: lost dvd
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:33:11
Message-Id: 7573e9640511171226sbf6b0e8x3ce0d9f06f8acd68@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] udev: lost dvd by James
1 On 11/17/05, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Sooooooooooo:
3 > I did notice The dvd devices are missing:
4 > ls -alg /dev/dvd
5
6 Does /dev/hdc exist? If so, what are the permissions there? What
7 about /dev/cdrom?
8
9 What does "/sbin/cdrom_id /dev/hdc" report?
10
11 You can also try setting udev_log=7 in /etc/udev/udev.conf, run
12 udevstart, and take a look at the messages in /var/log/messages to see
13 what devices udev is seeing, what rules it is matching for those, and
14 what devices and links it is creating.
15
16 > likewise video is missing:
17 > ls -alg /dev/video
18 > ls: /dev/video: No such file or directory
19
20 The default rules for udev (in /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules) makes
21 framebuffer devices in /dev/fb/, with symlinks at /dev/fbX. The only
22 'video' devices are for capture cards, and are created as
23 /dev/v4l/videoX, with symlinks as /dev/videoX. What device are you
24 expecting at /dev/video?
25
26 -Richard
27
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