Re: USB hotplug woes
What will it take to have a script run once the 2.6 kernel is loaded and a
flash drive is inserted.
On 7/20/06 11:49 AM, "chouck@binghamton.edu" <chouck@binghamton.edu> wrote:
> For what it's worth...
> I find usb hotplug impossible to do wiht the 2.4.x kernel,
> and it happens automagically with the 2.6.x kernel.
>
> IF there is nothing stopping you from using a 2.6.x kernel
> just apt-get install <2.6 kernel you need>
> and there you have it. GRUB will show both kernels at boot time BTW..
>
> To check your current kernel ls -l /lib/modules
>
> To find the kernels avaliable
> apt-cache search kernel-image |grep 2.6
>
>
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I'll admit my knowledge in the hotplug department isn't spectacular.
>>
>> Currently I have a machine setup to run a script when a specific USB flash
>> drive is inserted. I did this by defining the script and vendor ID &
>> product ID in the usb.handmap file (/etc/hotplug/usb.handmap). This works
>> great and as expected. The script tells the device to mount and do a few
>> things.
>>
>> So this works as expected, great. But now I want to future proof it a little
>> by only looking at the Vendor ID and then just running the script. However
>> usb.handmap requires a vendor & product ID in order for it to load. I can't
>> get this seem to work. Sure I can add each vendor & product ID for each
>> device I have, however that isn't really future proofing.
>>
>> Currently I have usb.handmap to read:
>> key.sh 0x0003 0x054c 0x02a5 0x0100 0x0000
>> 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
>> 0x00 0x00000000
>>
>> And I have tried:
>>
>> key.sh 0x0003 0x054c 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
>> 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
>> 0x00 0x00000000
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
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