Jim Kronebusch wrote: >>> One way around this is to constantly poll the reader, to see if there >>> was a media change. this is how we do CDRom detecting. We don't >>> currently do this for usb card readers. There might be something in >>> LTSP-5 for doing this, but you'd have to ask Scott Balneaves. Best >>> place to talk about this is on the #ltsp IRC channel on >>> irc.freenode.net. >>> >>> Jim McQuillan >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> Thanks Jim. I'm using LTSP 4.2, by the way. I checked the IRC channel >>> once before and only one person responded, but I'll give it another >>> shot. >>> >>> Are there any drawbacks to constantly polling the card reader? >> No, it's just a simple matter of programming (SMOP). >> >> Jim. > > If this is really this simple and is currently how CDROM's work, why isn't > this just set > up to do so by default? It seems it would be a fairly common thing to want > to use a > card reader. Or is there some overhead involved that could get costly on > larger > installations?
It's not *EXACTLY* like polling the cdroms. The only reason it's not done yet is because there's not enough hours in the day to get everything done that everyone wants. Jim. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
