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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Kppp kludge with devfsd
From:       Moritz Moeller-Herrmann <mmh () gmx ! net>
Date:       2001-08-31 9:47:00
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:16:05AM +0200, Edoardo Causarano wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> kppp connection config doesn't allow to insert arbitrary /dev entries for the 
> serial port file descriptor (I hope the terminology is ok... perhaps inode is 
> better?) It becomes a problem if you run a 'pure' devfsd setup that doesn't 
> provide the /dev/modem and the other /dev/ttyS* symlinks. This obliges the 
> user to mess with the /etc/devfsd.conf to tweak the daemon's behaviour :
> LOOKUP ^modem CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink ${mntpnt}/tts/0 $devpath
> Cumbersome (and obscure for the avg joe... I myself am not too shure if I 
> wrote the correct entry... that's also the devfsd's man page fault)
> I post here 'cause bugs.kde.org seems down.
> 
> my 2c,
> Edo

This bug was reported by me for KDE-1.1 I think, when I tried out devfsd.

There are several places in KDE, where devfsd is not supported (artsdsp,
kscd,..)
Kind of sad, that devfsd is not yet standrad, it makes everything so much
easier and transparent.

-- 
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