Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 4 Oct 2001 03:06:57 -0500 (CDT) | From | Josh Myer <> | Subject | Re: USB Event Daemon? |
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I feel stupid.
Decided to look over Documentation/usb again and scour the web some more. Hotplug support is exactly what i was looking for (ie: i've already got a shell script that just grabs the files already thrown together).
Sorry to clutter the list. -josh, random moron
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Josh Myer wrote:
> Hi, > > This might belong on linux-usb, but i'm not subscribed there, and I figure > this is probably a better place to ask this question. > > Is there, or if there were, would it be used, a method to notify a > user-space daemon/program of USB device insertions? A quick search through > archives didn't show anything. > > Basically, i've been spoiled by OSX's "Image Capture" utility, which > launches an image offloader whenever i plug my camera into the USB port, > automatically mounting it as a USB storage device. I'd like similiar > functionality on my linux machine(s). > > My first instinct is to look at the new input layer and see if this would > fit into that scheme. > > Any thoughts, pointers, or flamage would be appreciated; i'm sub'd, but > CCs are appreciated to help seperate signal and noise. > > Thanks in advance, > -- > /jbm, but you can call me Josh. Really, you can. > "Design may be clever in spurts, > but evolution never sleeps" > -- Rob Landley > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
-- /jbm, but you can call me Josh. Really, you can. "Design may be clever in spurts, but evolution never sleeps" -- Rob Landley
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