From: Florian Kulzer <[email protected]>
>On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 19:34:04 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> I have the Vendor and Product IDs from dmesg. > Then why did you not include this information in your mail? This is the output from dmesg: [637797.771076] usb 2-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=082d, idProduct=0100 [637797.771083] usb 2-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [637797.771087] usb 2-3.1: Product: Handspring Visor [637797.771090] usb 2-3.1: Manufacturer: Handspring Inc >> How do I set up udev to create /dev/pilot when the hotsync button on >> the cradle is pressed? > The first step is to check if your combination of USB vendor and USB > device ID is listed in one of the alias lines of "modinfo visor". Udev > tricks will most likely be useless if the kernel module does not > recognize your device as being supported. This is from the output from 'modinfo visor' (a command of which I was not aware. Thanks, Florian): filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-bpo.3-686/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/visor.ko license: GPL description: USB HandSpring Visor / Palm OS driver author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> alias: usb:v0E67p0002d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* <SNIP> alias: usb:v082Dp0100d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* depends: usbserial,usbcore vermagic: 2.6.32-bpo.3-686 SMP mod_unload modversions 686 parm: debug:Debug enabled or not (bool) parm: stats:Enables statistics or not (bool) parm: vendor:User specified vendor ID (ushort) parm: product:User specified product ID (ushort) That last alias line matches the vendor and product ID, so that looks good. So, is there a way to have udev created /dev/pilot when the hotsync button is pressed? -- Marc Shapiro [email protected] -- Marc Shapiro [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
