On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:45:51 +0100, Maarten wrote: > I need to distinguish several, mostly identical, USB devices from each > other by assigning them unique static names. I know there are primers(*) > that describe the process, and I try to follow them, but either the > gentoo /sys/ tree is broken in some way, or my system is broken, or the > primers / howto's are incorrect... > > (*) http://webpages.charter.net/decibelshelp/LinuxHelp_UDEVPrimer.html > (*) http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php
The latter one is written by a Gentoo dev, so I'm surprised you think it doesn't work with Gentoo > > I'm really stuck with this, so by way of reference I tried another linux > flavour, and there the whole /sys tree and udevinfo DO work as expected. > > So I need to find out what's wrong. > The docs tell you to run 'udevinfo -a -p /sys/<path>'. But under gentoo, > I cannot find the right path. This is what is listed > under /sys/class/usb*: Have you tried udevinfo -q path -n /dev/xxx to identify the correct path in /sys? Do you have CONFIG_SYSFS=y in your kernel config? -- Neil Bothwick Set phasers to `humiliate,' Mr. Worf.
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