I tried to rm -rf a folder, and got "device or resource busy". In Windows, I would have used LockHunter to resolve this. What's the linux equivalent? (Please give as answer a simple …

Jun 14, 2016 · I am using an embedded Arm with a Debian build. How does one list the compiled devices from the device tree? I want to see if a device is already supported. For those reading …

I just need a command which will give me port of a device and will not push me to disconnect and reconnect my devices. ls /dev/ttyUSB* will only list maybee 10 ports but from this list I cannot …

Apr 14, 2011 · The df(1) command will tell you the device that a file or directory is on: df /work The first field has the device that the file or directory is on. e.g. $ df /root Filesystem 1K-blocks …

Oct 3, 2012 · I have a need to find all of the writable storage devices attached to a given machine, whether or not they are mounted. The dopey way to do this would be to try every entry in /dev …

Prior to a change in the linux kernel, which creates the /sys file system, you could get the serial numbers for these things without being root, but after the change, which is totally outside of …

Jun 8, 2025 · Problem I am trying to add a Linux device tree alias for a network adapter, so U-Boot can assign a static MAC address to it. However, when compiling the kernel, it fails at the …

There are multiple ways of accomplishing this. 1. Add your user to the group that owns the device Generally in most distros, block devices are owned by a specific group. All you need to do is …

Nov 13, 2022 · However, The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide makes use of functions class_create and device_create, I believe to accomplish the same task. What makes me …

Aug 15, 2017 · Your main problem here, that the USB/Ethernet device is not a fixed device, but you can always plug in and out. Avoid that terrible interface renaming thing of your USB device …