On Friday 10 Dec 2004 21:33, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 09:53 pm, Peter Watson wrote: > > I need a device /dev/raw1394 to access my firewire video camera, but it > > does not exist > > > > After some research I have found that issuing the following command in a > > root terminal creates the device and that it works. > > > > "mknod -m 666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0" > > > > Now I would like the device to be created automatically on boot up so I > > have put the above command as the last line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, > > unfortunately nothing happens ie the device is not created. > > > > anyone know how I can create /dev/raw1394 automatically > > > > TIA > > Maybe you can create an alias in bash environment instead? It's not > automatically,. but saves you from typing the whole command. > > as root, put this in /root/.bashrc > > alias mycamera=""mknod -m 666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0"
good idea - thanks -- Pete Ardnamurchan Scotland
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