Hi,
this is a general question about GNU/Linux.
I have some doubts about the way hotplug / coldplug / udev work.
I mean, some distros do not use hotplug (I'm not sure if it's basic
in gentoo) and are able to plug a ( i.e) pendrive and kernel detects it,
udev creates its device, someone mounts it, etc...
An my question is that. What really happen when you plug a (again,
i.e.) pendrive in your computer? Which programs take care in that
process? What about kernel?
Sorry if you fell spammed, but I do not find a good guide for
dummies :-)
Cheers!
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Ivman is what you want to get the 'automounting' accomplished
# esearch ivman
[ Results for search key : ivman ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* sys-apps/ivman
Latest version available: 0.6.12
Latest version installed: 0.6.12
Size of downloaded files: 914 kB
Homepage: http://ivman.sf.net
Description: Daemon to mount/unmount devices, based on info from HAL
License: GPL-2 QPL
It works for automounting cds, dvds, and should work for pendrives (although I have yet to get it automounting a pendrive under a user account)
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