Re: [tlug] Kickstart udev without restarting the computer

[Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@example.com>]

Hi Dave,

--- Dave M G <martin@example.com> wrote:
> And then this morning, when I got up and tried your
> commands, it looked 
> like there was a Palm device attached, and there
> were /dev/ttyUSB* files 
> present.
> 
> I'm baffled. Could a long wait have helped?

You now know how to debug :)
 
> dave@example.com:~$ ps -e | grep udev
>  2145 ?        00:00:00 udevd

This is the udevd daemon.

> dave@example.com:~$ /bin/dmesg | tail
> [5051004.064000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft
> Joliet Level 3
> [5051004.097000] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
> [5087368.107000] usb 2-1.2: new full speed USB
> device using uhci_hcd and 
> address  39

uhci_hcd is the Full-speed Host Controller driver.

> [5087368.232000] usb 2-1.2: Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now 
> attached to  ttyUSB0
> [5087368.232000] usb 2-1.2: Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now 
> attached to  ttyUSB1

These are the messages printed by the kernel, which
notify the udevd in user-space.

Regards,

SK

--
Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com

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