Re: ttyUSB0 and GPS

[Toan Pham <tpham3783@gmail.com>]

sorry, typo on the last email..

BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", NAME="ttyUSB0"

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Toan Pham <tpham3783@gmail.com> wrote:

Add this udev rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/50-gps.rules

BUS=="usb", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", NAME="ttyUSB0"

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Jon Dowland <jon+debian-user@alcopop.org> wrote:

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:12:44AM +1300, Chris Bannister
wrote:

> Set up a udev rule for that particular device.

I'd second this: hard-coding to ttyUSB8 or similar could
potentially fail in the unlikely event you use up to that
number prior to plugging in the GPS. YOu can use udev to
provide a unique name, safe from clashes, such as
/dev/my_gps.

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