Re: [gentoo-user] confused udev?

[Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <jalmeida@math.ist.utl.pt> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> >
> > Can you post your current rules.  Also, don't forget Dirk's suggestion
> > regarding BUS=="usb" instead of scsi.
> >
> > You could use the SYMLINK target instead of changing the name.  Something like:
> >
> > BUS=="usb" ... NAME="%k", SYMLINK="plextor_memstick%n"
> >
> > This would keep the default sdX device nodes, but give you symlinks
> > for your persistent names.
> >
> > -Richard
> >
> >
> Current:
>         BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="PLEXTOR*", SYSFS{model}=="PlexFlash-2*", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="plextor_memstick%n"
>         BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="Maxtor 6*", SYSFS{model}=="L250R0*", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="external_hd%n"
> No change (i.e., still no /dev/external...)
> /dev/plextor_memstick and /dev/plextor_memstick1 exist as symlinks.
> With "usb" instead of "scsi", also no change. With
> NAME="plextor_memstick%n" etc, no change (except that there are dev
> nodes, not symlinks)

Hmm, looks ok.  Could you set udev_log=7 in /etc/udev/udev.conf, and
post the entries that are added to /var/log/messages when you turn on
the hard drive.

-Richard

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