On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:29:10 +0100, A. S. Budden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I use a couple of USB card readers to access compact flash cards on my
> computers. In the past, I have used an external one with my laptop,
> but I have recently upgraded the desktop and, as part of this, added
> an internal card reader. This has caused me some irritating problems.
>
> With the old card reader, I could access the compact flash (or any
> other supported card) by inserting the card AND THEN plugging the
> reader into the computer. If I plugged the reader in first, it would
> produce devices sdb, sdc etc, but not the partition nodes sdb1 etc.
> As long as a card was in the reader when the reader was plugged into
> the PC (or the PC was switched on), I could remove and reinsert cards
> at will without any problems.
>
> With the internal card reader, however, I (obviously) can't unplug the
> card reader in order to plug in a card, so this solution is no longer
> useful. I've tried googling for this, but most things that I've found
> discuss automounting, which I don't want. I simply want the device to
> be recognised so that I can mount the cards when I want to.
>
> I have managed to get round this problem by running the following
> commands after inserting the card:
>
> rmmod usb-storage
> modprobe usb-storage
> # wait for a bit
> mount /mnt/cf
>
> However, this seems like a dreadful solution to the problem and I
> would be much happier if the card would be recognised when it was
> plugged in. Can anyone offer any suggestions for a possible solution
> to the problem? If there are any additional details that are
> required, please let me know. I'm using kernel 2.6.15 (custom
> compile) with udev 079-1.
>
O! that's a weird coup from one of those card readers.
Lanrat has wrote some **interesting** stuff about udev & USB on the BBS,
that *might* give you a hand here.
Also i've a card reader on my printer (Epson). Any time i (un)plug a card,
it becomes normaly (un)accessible into the system.
Good luck
Salutations,
kozaki.dev
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Et puis Linux, c'est bien sympa, mais la personne qui pleure quand ce
qu'il faut faire est plus compliqué que double cliquer sur une icone,
comment elle fait ?
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