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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 09:18:34 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Felix Seeger <seeger@sitewaerts.de>
Cc: Felix Seeger <felix.seeger@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usb problems (no /dev/usb)
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On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 09:17:21AM +0200, Felix Seeger wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 9. April 2002 01:59 schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 09:06:33PM +0200, Felix Seeger wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have tried to install a usb printer but I have no /dev/usb.
> > >
> > > Usb drivers / usb printer installed (in kernel / module)
> > >
> > > Do I have to create the folders /dev/usb and the things that are in there
> > > ?
> >
> > If you are not using devfs, yes.
> >
> > > Why ? ;)
> >
> > Welcome to Unix :)
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> Ok, it is in development, thats fine ;)
> It works now, I've found a mknod command in the newsgroups.

Heh, no it's not in development.  Sorry for giving you such a short
answer, but it was a short question, with a lot of needed information
missing :)

Your distro should have set up all of the /dev nodes properly.  If you
are using an old distro version (as I am guessing you are) you will have
to set up the missing /dev entries by hand.

> Is there a document for mknod which explaints the numbers at the ond of the 
> command. The manpage is not really good.

All of the numbers are documented in the Documentation/devices.txt
file.  The Linux USB Guide at http://www.linux-usb.org/ also has info on
how to create the needed USB device entries if you're interested.

Good luck,

greg k-h
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