Smee again - when is file = directory?

[JG]

Anyone else encountering this problem with Mdk7.2 (not the candidate release, but the real thing) -

View properties of any device in /dev with Konquerer and get the Error Message:

"/dev/xxxx is a file, but a directory was expected" where xxxx=the device you right clicked and viewed the properties of.

What the hell does this mean???

Also, you cannot alter any of the permission setting for any of the "devices" in /dev and chmod doesn't work either.


Next question - what has Mandrake done in 7.2 to stop my usb zip drive from being recognised? Mdk 7.1 recognises it straight up! Can this problem with usb recognition be related to the above "devices" problem?

Any takers on this.

Thanks

JG

[tminos]

In Linux everything is a file. Your sound card is a file, your keyboard and mouse are files. Everything (pretty much.)

The reason that you cannot chmod anything inside of /dev/ is probably because you are not root. "su" to root and then you can do it. But changing the permissions of things in /dev is not advised.