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Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I recently bought a USR5637 USB dialup modem for my 2nd PC. I chose |
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> it because it's small, and specifically claims to support linux. |
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> Following instructions at http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x332.html I |
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> * recompiled the kernel with CDC(ACM) USB modem support |
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> * tried "mknod /dev/usb/ttyACM0 c 166 0" |
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> * woops, no /dev/usb/. So I did "mkdir /dev/usb" and then the mknod |
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> * I rebooted, and discovered that /dev/usb was gone |
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> For now I have the mkdir and mknod commands in /etc/conf.d/local/start |
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> to recreate them at each bootup, but putting stuff in there is usually a |
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> last resort. Is there a "more correct" way of doing it? |
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> BTW, the modem works. I ssh'd from my main machine to the 2nd |
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> computer and dialed into my dialup ISP, and launched a w3m text browser |
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> session. The scarey part is that there is no modem noise to let me |
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> know when I'm connected. But ifconfig indicated that I now had ppp0, in |
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> addition to lo and eth0. Plus I went to whatismyip.org with w3m and got |
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> an IP address that reversed DNS to my dialup provider. |
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I'm not positive but I think you can set it to save /dev here: |
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/etc/conf.d/rc This is the section I am thinking would be the correct one: |
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# UDEV OPTION: |
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# Set to "yes" if you want to save /dev to a tarball on shutdown |
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# and restore it on startup. This is useful if you have a lot of |
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# custom device nodes that udev does not handle/know about. |
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RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no" |
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I hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |