The reason I asked this is because I am currently writing a hardware configuration tool and whenever there are more than one possibilities to install a driver I want to stick with the debian-way of course. That way chances are high that my tool will see manually installed devices too.
I will implement usb installation as I figured it out and you confirmed it. Thanks, Marc On Monday 08 July 2002 13:44, you wrote: > On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 01:29:51PM +0100, Boris Duerner wrote: > > Hi, > > What is the preferred way of setting up usb in Debian? I suppose you have > > to install the usbmgr, and then specify the host adapter in > > /etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf like this(if you have an uhci one): > > > > host usb-uhci > > > > and let the manager do the rest. Is that correct? > > It works for me, give it a try. The other deb you could use is hotplug, > but I don't use it, so I can't comment on it. > > > How do I get the information to add a deviceline such as this?: > > > > # Perfection 636U , 636Photo [Epson] > > vendor 0x04b8 product 0x0101 module scanner > > > > How can I find out which vendor id and product id my device has? > > tail -f /var/log/syslog > and plug the device in. You should see some lines from the usbmgr. > Or use usbview. > > Greetings > KH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
