How to setup a USB Device(s)
 

I have Slackware 10.2, I have an external DVD burner & a USB Hard Drive I'd like to be able to plug in when I want to use these devices. What is the proper way to set these up ?

It probably will depend which kernel you're using. Hopefully 2.6, which may have the usb drivers installed.

Most usb ext. devices show as /dev/sda1 etc.

Try cat /proc/bus/usb/devices. Do you see any device?

USB devices are handled by udev. Have a look at /etc/udev/udev.config. If you want fixed names for your devices have a look at

http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/util...tplug/udev-FAQ

Hey BittaBrotha,
I tried the "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices". Do you see any device?
and I got a whole page worth. I still have kernel 2.4.31. Anyway I have no way at this time to copy that whole page here for you to look at, but yes it does say
S: Product=USB 2.0 Storage Device
I checked with my Windows XP system & under system information, then usb and it has the same serial number for this device.
it also listed my hp deskjet printer that I have working under slackware and also my scanner.

JZL240I-U, don't I also have to do an entry in fstab ?

do you mean like this? i have this one my 10.2 box to overcome for usb mice and printer's permission issues

you mileage may vary

NO, I think I need to add something to the /dev directory, then add a line that includes vfat in the fstab directory.

Question, I have Slackware 10.2 and the 2.4.31 kernal, I even have my usb printer & Scanner working, Would
"/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive vfat umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,quiet 0 0"
also work to setup a usb hard drive, and is that all I need to do to setup the device ? or what would you recommend ?

I did fdisk -l and it was there /dev/sda1 .
I added "/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive vfat umask=0,users,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,quiet 0 0" to the fstab and I got an error message, something like /mnt/usbdrive does not exist, so I clicked on the /mnt directory, right clicked, created a new folder, renamed it usbdrive, I went back to system icon and clicked, and vioala it now works great, I tweaked permissions and It is now working perfectly !

Thanks for the help guys...

No, that is handled by udev -- which possibly writes into /etc/mtab. No action is necessary analogous to mounting by hand where no entry is necessary either.

P.S.: Umm, I see from your last post that you got it to work that way. Good for you :). If you follow the links I provided earlier, you'll see that udev will ad an icon to your desktop and mount the drive automatically when you plug it in while a fixed entry will produce an error during boot when your drive is not connected -- but do it any way it's okay for you.

I like the sound of it auto mounting, like you said, rather than the way I have it working now. I'll delete my fstab entry and try the /etc/udev/udev.config, I did try to follow your links earlier, but my problem is that I don't understand enough to really make sense of all that, but I'll keep on trying...

Yeah, it is sometimes a little overwhelming, but on a whole it does work. So, don't let little things ;) like a device driver daunt you and carry on. From my own experience I can tell, that one keeps learning and that is already a huge part of the fun.

I opened kinfo center, it lists my linksys after installing Slackware 11.0, but under network it still does not show it, but shows my other slow lan card, is there a way to get it to show ?

I honestly don't know. Just open a new thread in the networking forum, the title of this one won't get you the exposure you need to attract the experts on this. Good luck.

I'm still not finding any info "that works" for the 2.4 kernel, This weekend I'm going to try to install the 2.6 kernel, since http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html is geared towards the 2.6 kernel...