John R. Sowden wrote: > About a month ago, I left a message regarding not being able to start a usb > wireless device on boot, and I was hoping to find a command to start it (suse > 9.3). As often happens, I go no response. It is a bit complicated at boot. There is quite a few things that usb needs to be running to work, i.e. udev, /sys and /proc filesystems, etc., before it loads the actual driver for the usb network adapter. > I don't know if no one knew the > answer, or if those that did thought it was a stupid quiestion, or if it is > clearly stated in the doc (from one trying to free oneself from the newbie > status-no linux doc is direct, clear, with examples, etc.-this will be the > linux failing- to achieve major market share), and I should have rtfm. > I don't know about that, did you also google? > Testing the test of insanity, I will again try go get some assistance. I > fount /etc/usc/50-usb.hotplug, and ran it with the error: > line 40: ACTION: Bad invocation: $ACTION is not set > 9.3 is now unsupported. Perhaps you got no answer before because most of us have upgraded and can't really remember how 9.3 did things differently than now. > I attempted to assign "add" to $action using export, with no sucess > (as best as I can figure out, export in linus is like set in dos) > > If I unplug it, then plug it in, the light on the usb device comes on and I > can access the net. > Are you saying it hot plugs ok after boot, but if inserted before boot, it does not recognize it?
> If I can't solve the bootup issue, I would at least like to create a batch > file - - uh, I mean script, that will start the usb device. > > It is probably lacking a hotplug event. > Now I am plugging/unplugging the device every day, wearing down the gold on > the connector until, alas, there will be no more. > > Have you tried /etc/init.d/boot.udev restart? -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
