On 13/02/06, kozaki.dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I thought it rather strange too! At first I assumed that it was just a rubbish card reader, but when I then got a second reader and had the same problem, it got me thinking... > > Lanrat has wrote some **interesting** stuff about udev & USB on the BBS, > that *might* give you a hand here. Ok, thanks, I'll go and have a hunt. I must admit I hadn't searched the BBS before posting as the search engine wasn't working yesterday. > > 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. If only... Thanks for the help, Al _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
