On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:22:17 +1200, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this is not necessary, at least for basic functionality, > with recent systems. Maybe someone read Jon's notes and built it in ;-). > > I'm using a 256MByte USB memory stick fine, with a debian testing system > running kernel-2.4, and also with a debian testing system running > kernel-2.6. Yes, the USB drive appears as a SCSI device, but that all > seems to work out-of-the-box for me. Are you using a pre-built debian kernel or a custom one? According to ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.23-2002-05-21/bf2.4/kernel-config; the bf24 stock kernel has the relevant SCSI modules built-in. This may be the case for all the debian stock kernels. > Now I *would* like to see an icon pop up on the desktop when the USB > device gets inserted. Maybe the hotplug stuff is related to that? I can > live without it, though... Me too - or similar such things. Someone said in another thread that `udev' works towards these goals, but I haven't investigated it. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
