Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:31:11 +0100 (CET)
From:   <linux-xfs@jeremi.jeremi.pl>
To:     "Manfred W. Baumstark" <maba@ukl.uni-freiburg.de>
cc:     linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: PCMCIA and devfs
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Manfred W. Baumstark wrote:

> ide-cd" I get /dev/cdroms/cdrom* and /dev/hdb but not /dev/cdrom. How can I
> generate this entry? 
> 
> The same with /dev/mouse. I would like to have a symlink /dev/mouse -->
> /dev/psaux. 


Ensure you have devfsd in memory:
[root@jeremi ipv4]# ps auxw | grep devfsd | grep -v grep
root        35  0.0  0.2  1184  528 ?        S    Feb09   0:00 devfsd /dev

and check /etc/devfsd.conf that you have autoloading uncommented

# Enable module autoloading. You may comment this out if you don't use
# autoloading
LOOKUP          .*              MODLOAD

(modprobe? whats modprobe? ;)
and uncommented: 

# Enable full compatibility mode for old device names. You may comment
these
# out if you don't use the old device names. Make sure you know what
you're
# doing!
REGISTER        .*              MKOLDCOMPAT
UNREGISTER      .*              RMOLDCOMPAT

there is one more file which defines what modules to autoload depending on
what you are trying to finger in /dev directory:
/etc/modules.devfs
but that one should be left unchanged , its better to make sure that
aliases in modules.conf are defined correctly

and this unfortunate mouse link... just devfsd developer has serial mouse
if any ;) (i'm investigating it now) heh, it creates this link even if
i've serials away completely :) and i'm not starting daemon ;)

for now only solution is to manually remove that link and make your own
one rc.local or /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm (if you use it)

hope this brings some light

Filip
linux-xfs@jeremi.pl