Nodes not being created?

jskier · 2005-12-23 19:08:41

I am having a problem with my laptop. I had this issue with my USB stick which was fixed by manually creating nodes (discussed here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … highlight=). However, upon trying other usb devices that work just fine on my desktop, I have the same result as I did with the usb stick. The nodes are not being created in /dev/ even though dmesg shows that the usb device was connected. I have a custom kernel and hotplug is NOT installed.

Any ideas on where to look with this? I have tried reinstalling udev and upgrading the kernel. Thanks for any help,

apeiro · 2005-12-23 22:07:28

Do you have the right hotplug multiplexor?

[jvinet@pluto ~]$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug 
/sbin/udevsend

Also check out the udevmonitor program -- it should help you troubleshoot.

jskier · 2005-12-24 06:58:52

Thanks. It appears that it was left out of the kernel :?

jftaylor21 · 2006-01-07 01:56:56

hey jskier, what exactly did you have to enable in the kernel to get it working? I am having the same problem and cannot figure it out.

Thanks.

jskier · 2006-01-08 17:44:55

jftaylor21 wrote:

hey jskier, what exactly did you have to enable in the kernel to get it working? I am having the same problem and cannot figure it out.
Thanks.

First, my apology for not mentioning what I did. My laptop is in for repairs, but from what I recall I just enabled CONFIG_HOTPLUG located at General Setup >> Support for hot-pluggable devices. I use 2.6.14, so if you can't find it there it may be somewhere else for different kernel versions. Good luck!

jftaylor21 · 2006-01-08 18:53:40

Thanks jskier and judd! That fixed it!
That problem had been bothering me for months now. I'm very thankful that you helped me out. I was getting tired of manually creating nodes all the time.

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Nodes not being created?

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