Devices in FC4

[Gain Paolo Mureddu]

Steven Pasternak wrote:

>I know that this is a bit early, but does anyone know if FC4 will be like FC3 
>in the way it generates block devices? I use FC2 now and it always has 
>a /dev/sda and /dev/sda1, even when my pen drive isn't plugged in and just 
>says it is not valid. FC3, though, doesn't generate a /dev/sda and 
>a /dev/sda1 UNTIL I plug it in, and sometimes it doesn't even when I do (til 
>I restart it). I HATE that! I hope that this at least has been fixed under 
>FC3, though.
>-Steven 
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Well that capability is one of the beautis of D-Bus, check the Red Hat 
article on that: http://info.redhat.com/a/hBB8DIYAJPSNNAVC3Z0AK4HN1LI/rhm324

I actually think this is a good idea, it only needs to be more 
consistent regarding its behaviour... And if this requires kernel-side 
support, it'd be swell if they stated so, since with custom kernels, it 
is quite common that USB devices like printers simply disappear when you 
boot and kudzu complains about that... on occations this is so bad, that 
you (at least me a couple of times) lose printing capability until you 
reboot (WTH?!?!) even if you have all the appropriate USB modules loaded 
and even when /sbin/lsusb lists your device. CUPS will simply not see 
port /dev/usb/lp0, what is worse, indeed this is not cretaed, even when 
you have usbfs loaded fine and all looks peachy in /proc and mount... 
odd huh? Just a little bit more consistency with this behavior and I 
think this will be on par with Windows' USB support.