Re: Confused! Confused! hotplug, kmod, kerneld, devfs, devfsd

[Chun Kit Edwin Lau <lauedwin@sympatico.ca>]

Hi

well i am using 2.4.1... but are you using gnome-pilot. when I try to
config it using control center, it just stuck there even though I press the
hotsync botton before running the config (you know the config that get the
username and other things from the visor)

in the /proc/bus/usb/device, I did see the visor entry when I press the
hotsync botton. And in fact, jpilot works too.. but it just that I wanna
use gnome-pilot

Edwin Lau

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:30:44 Nate Amsden wrote:
> what kernel are you using? i have been using usb with my visor deluxe
> for a long
> time with very little trouble. be sure to follow the directions on
> http://www.calvin.edu/~rvbijl39/visor/visor-2.html
> 
> there is a newer FAQ but i used the old one(above) last time and it
> seems
> to work fine.
> 
> nate
> 
> Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:
> > 
> > thanx.. the reason I am asking this is that I want my Visor Deluxe work
> > under Debian using gnome pilot.. but I have no luck with compile in
> visor
> > code, or modules. and I just wondering if it has anything to do with
> > hotplug and devfsd
> > 
> > Edwin lau
> > On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 18:59:48 Ethan Benson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 01:47:37PM -0500, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > >     It is strictly speaking not a Debian question, but since I am
> > > using
> > > > Debian... please help!! I am having trouble trying to sort out what
> > > each
> > > > one of these things do: hotplug, kmod, kerneld, devfs, devfsd. I
> know
> > > they
> > > > are not the same, but I don't know the differences. I check out the
> > > man,
> > > > howtos and various documentation and still don't know what they
> really
> > > are.
> > > > please help me explaining them. thanx
> > >
> > > kmod is just an option in the kernel configuration to automatically
> > > load kernel modules on demand.  there is no userland daemon to worry
> > > about (just modutils which contains /sbin/modprobe)
> > >
> > > hotplug is something very similar to kmod, its new with USB, its only
> > > needed if you use USB extensivly and need certain actions to be
> > > performed whem some devices are attached to the USB bus.
> > >
> > > devfs is optional, you don't need it.  don't turn it on unless you
> > > want to break your system, you must know what your doing to mess with
> > > it.
> > >
> > > devfsd adds symlinks to the fake devfs to make it compatible with the
> > > standard naming convention.  you don't need it if you don't use
> > > devfs.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ethan Benson
> > > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
> > >
> > 
> > Edwin Lau (lauedw@waves.utoronto.ca)
> > 
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Edwin Lau (lauedw@waves.utoronto.ca)