[SLUG] USB /dev/???
How can I work out the device name of a USB device? So, I plug in my USB device. I see the device in usbview. How can I work out what node in the /dev/ tree has been mapped to the device I just plugged in? Thanks. -- Make the most of your skills - with OpenSkills http://www.openskills.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB /dev/???
Using Gentoo Linux, kernel 2.6.10, most of kernel functionality compiled as modules. I have usbd - the USB Daemon installed which does some magic for me. and in the /etc/fstab, I have the following entry # USB Device 1 /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbauto rw,noauto,users,sync,gid=users,umask=0070 0 AFAIK, I have no other special USB settings. I have never connected more than one USB storage device and I do not use other USB deviced, so YMMV, but I have connected and successfully used an external USB HD and a Canon digital camera. Hope this helps, Marek Wawrzyczny On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:55, Bruce Badger wrote: > How can I work out the device name of a USB device? > > So, I plug in my USB device. I see the device in usbview. How can I > work out what node in the /dev/ tree has been mapped to the device I > just plugged in? > > Thanks. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB /dev/???
Bruce Badger wrote: How can I work out the device name of a USB device? So, I plug in my USB device. I see the device in usbview. How can I work out what node in the /dev/ tree has been mapped to the device I just plugged in? One way is to do these as 'root': # dmesg -c # dmesg The output will tell. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
