Hotplug will do this if you have it installed correctly. It uses /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.usbmap to determine which modules to load. I've no idea what an 8.2Pro is. Can you try reading the documentation at linux-hotplug.sf.net?
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Michael George wrote: > I just got an NEC 1300A CD-RW/DV�RW drive in a USB enclosure. > > When I plug the device into a USB port and power it up, the system says: > > Oct 30 14:00:26 brutus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.3-2.1, > assigned > address 3 > Oct 30 14:00:26 brutus kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod > 0x402/0x5621) is > not claimed by any active driver. > Oct 30 14:00:26 brutus kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# > 278 > Oct 30 14:00:26 brutus kernel: hub.c: usb_hub_port_status (2) failed > (err = > -84) > > So it doesn't know what driver to load. If I manually do > modprobe usb-storage > > the drive is recognized and mounted right away. But shouldn't the > system > (8.2Pro kernel 2.4.20) automatically know that it's a storage device? > > I figure there needs to be an entry in usb.distmap in /etc/hotplug, but > I > can't find any info about how to construct an entry for a device that's > not > already present in the file. > > Where can I find that info? > > Thanks! > > -Michael > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
