Re: usb-scanner detected, but nothing about usb in /dev
-- Janis Hagelberg <janis.h@freesurf.ch> wrote
(on Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 11:46 AM +0100):
> no, usbdevfs is disabled in the kernel. it seemed very experimental, and i
> didn't read the doc.
>
> i'll rebuild the kernel with it enabled.
Before you go to that effort, try doing the following as root:
# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV usb
That should create a /dev/usb tree with a bunch of devices. Then try
rebooting and see what happens. (My usb scanner is mapped to
/dev/usb/scanner0)
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matthew@weierophinney.net
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