Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:28:14 -0800 (PST) | From | James Leone <> | Subject | A glimpse at the desktop user |
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> I've done more checking on this problem and found > out that if I power OFF the USB printers, Zip750, > and sound system, then lilo.conf does not get >overwritten, though the Shutdown problem does not >change. I installed LindowsOS v2.* again last night >to see if the problem existed with that version and >it was exactly the same problem all around as with >v3.0. I just checked to see if only one device was >causing lilo.conf to be overwritten and sure enough >the ZIP750 drive was the problem. When I leave the >USB cable disconnected from ZIP750 then lilo.conf >does not get overwriten. I remember that I also had >this problem with an External ZIP100 drive on same >computer and an Internal ZIP100 drive on another >computer. So, if you have a ZIP*** drive connected to >your computer, I think you can expect to have >problems...Roger
>Edited by kirkpatrick12@comcast.net (12/04/02 09:50 >AM)
>LindowsOS uses devfs, a device file system which is >generated by the kernel in ram. Any files you create >there will disappear on reboot. > >If you need to add a device, e.g., a symlink like >/dev/modem, then you need to write a script that will >recreate it at boot time. If that device is not used >until the desktop starts, you could just add the >script to your autostart directory. Otherwise, it >should go in /etc/init.d and links created for it >with the program update-rc.d.
> ok here is a script I made... I run this script >every start up and it all works: I also copied the >from the quickcam-tt directory to >/lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/video/ >quickcam.o and mod_quickcam.o >I have only tried this once so I will test more and >see if it always works... > >#Create the webcam device >mkdir /dev/v4l/ >mknod /dev/v4l/video0 c 81 0 >ln -s /dev/v4l/video0 /dev/video0 >ln -s /dev/v4l/video0 /dev/video > > ># Video4Linux Support >/sbin/insmod videodev > ># USB Core Module >/sbin/insmod usbcore > ># USB UHCI/OHCI Controller Modules (new) >/sbin/insmod usb-uhci >/sbin/insmod usb-ohci > ># USB UHCI Controller Modules (old) >/sbin/insmod uhci >
>/sbin/insmod mod_quickcam >/sbin/insmod c-qcam
Sincerely,
THE TROLL
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