[ale] /dev/ttyUSB0 question

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Wednesday 21 July 2004 05:58 pm, Jason Day wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 01:19:37PM -0400, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> > I was disappointed to find that Mandrake 10, though it uses a 2.6 kernel,
> > does not have devfs.  Does anyone know of a distibution that does have
> > devfs?
>
> Gentoo uses devfs.  However, devfs is marked as OBSOLETE in the 2.6
> kernel, which may be why Mandrake 10 doesn't use it.  The kernel
> developers appear to be embracing udev instead:
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ

Actually, I misspoke.  I meant that Mandrake uses devfs and not udev.  Turns 
out that "urpmi udev" fixes that problem.  :-)

So I installed it and saw it work.  now If I can just make my various drives 
show up in the right place every time I'll be happy.

Michael