On Thu, Sep 26, 2002, Damien Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, first, impressd with the hotplug project. Very cool. > > I'm using RH 7.1 with kernel 2.4.19. > I have a Kodak DX3900 with the charging/download dock. I know the DX3900 > is not in the usb device database; but I tried anyway.... > Here is the relevent /var/log/messages: > > Sep 26 10:16:14 orac kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, > assigned device number 2 > Sep 26 10:16:15 orac kernel: emi26_probe start<4>usb.c: USB device 2 > (vend/prod 0x40a/0x170) is not claimed by any active driver. > Sep 26 10:16:15 orac /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no drivers for USB > product 40a/170/100 > > My Qs: > 1.) How do I go about adding support for this usb vendor/product ? I > have been using Linux for quite a while now... worked in a MS > datacentre, saw corporate fuckwits screwing all and sundry. After that I > managed an MS LAN for a legal firm which I later built a sendmail box > for. So I am somewhat seasoned with linux... But I have never really > contributed to the linux project beyond a couple of simple answers to > newerbies. I would like to be as helpful as I can without irritating > anyone- are there any probes etc that you could tell me to try to assist > with this, or are we basically waiting for Kodak to come to the party? > 2.) Is it possible that this product has the same protocols etc. as far > as image downloads are concerned as another Kodak camera? If so, can you > suggest a manual hack to add this device (with pertinent back-out > procedure if not obvious)? > 3.[less important- skip if you're really busy] ) I searched the list > (and web) relatively throuroughly and could not find anything about the > DX3900 re linux. I think it's cool that the emi26_probe was able to > identify the device and correctly state I have no driver for it. How/why > is it that things are standardised enough for this much recongnition but > this could not be extended to actually suppport the device??? Is it > simply (in short) corporate greed? > Thankyou for your time.
One word: gphoto2 This camera (IIRC) is supported by gphoto2 so it doesn't need hotplug support per se (unless you want gphoto2 to autolaunch on connect or something) JE ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
