Re: Module loading?
Hi
I am not 100% sure, but what if you do like I do with my usbhd and zip. In
fstab, I add the option : rw,uid=myuser,gid=his_group.
That gives me full controll as a user.
/ernst
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Christopher Swingley said:
> > I'm new to modules. I have a USB CompactFlash card reader that works
> > with the usb-storage module to present the card as a SCSI device
> > (/dev/sda1). What I've been doing to read the card is:
> >
> > # insmod usb-storage
> > # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/flashcard
> >
> > (do whatever)
> >
> > # umount /mnt/flashcard
> > # rmmod usb-storage
> >
> > This works great, except I have to become root each time, and it seems
> > like the system ought to be able to handle this more automagically.
> >
> > What I want to happen is: when I plug in the card reader, the
> > usb-storage module automatically gets loaded. And when I unplug it,
> > the usb-storage module is automatically unloaded.
> >
> > When the USB device is connected I see:
> >
> > Aug 9 14:22:32 foobar kernel: usb.c: USB device 6
> > (vend/prod 0x7c4/0xb000) is not claimed by any active driver.
> >
> > in my system logs. But I can't figure out how to tell kmod that when
> > it sees this, it should load usb-storage. Or, how can I make kmod
> > / insmod / etc. load usb-storage before I try to mount /dev/sda1
> > (since I don't have any other SCSI devices).
> >
> > I'm running a 2.4.18 kernel with CONFIG_MODULES=y,
> > CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y, CONFIG_KMOD=y (and the relevant options that make
> > the card reader function).
> >
> > Any hints? Thanks,
> >
> > Chris
> I think you just need an entry in fstab to allow non-root mounting of
> it. As for the hotplug tools, I can't help you there.
> HTH,
> Steve
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