USB key troubles

[Vlaaad]

Le vendredi 07 octobre 2005 à 17:42 +0200, Kay Sievers a écrit :
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 03:47:55PM +0200, Vlaaad wrote:
> > Le jeudi 06 octobre 2005 à 16:35 -0700, Carlo J. Calica a écrit : 
> > > Vlaaad wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I'm trying to get gnome-volume-manager 1.5.1 working fully for the
> > > > distro I contribute to (Source Mage). All seems to work except some
> > > > troubles with USB keys and I think hald is guilty, or at least it is not
> > > > well configured on my box. I spent hours and hours and I didn't manage
> > > > to solve it, I so request some help if someone has some extra free
> > > > time...
> > > > 
> > > I'm doing the same for a distro I contribute to (GoboLinux).  Udev doesn't
> > > automatically call /etc/dev.d or /etc/hotplug.d.  You need to add some
> > > rules similar to this:
> > > 
> > > calica at office ~]cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-hotplugd.rules
> > > # do not call hotplug.d and dev.d for "drivers" and "module" events
> > > SUBSYSTEM=="drivers",  OPTIONS="last_rule"
> > > SUBSYSTEM=="module",   OPTIONS="last_rule"
> > > 
> > > # compatibility support for the obsolete hotplug.d and dev.d directories
> > > ENV{UDEVD_EVENT}=="1",  RUN+="/sbin/udev_run_hotplugd"
> > > RUN+="/sbin/udev_run_devd"
> > > 
> > > calica at office ~]
> > > 
> > Ok, I had the last two rules but not the first two ones. I added them.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Also, keep in mind udev is now using a netlink socket rather
> > > than /sbin/hotplug to listen to events.  That means you should remove udev
> > > from /etc/hotplug.d/default
> > > 
> > Good to know, I was not aware of that.
> > 
> > Well thanks a lot for your help, but despite of adding the rules +
> > cleaning 10-udev.hotplug from /etc/hotplug.d, I see no difference... :-/
> > 
> > Here are some more informations that can be useful :
> > 
> > $ ll /etc/hotplug.d/default/
> > total 4
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   24 2005-10-07 13:42 20-hal.hotplug
> > -> /usr/libexec/hal.hotplug
> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 2931 2005-10-07 13:33 default.hotplug
> > 
> > So if I well understood, hal communicate with udev via the execution
> > of /etc/hotplug.d/default, who is launched
> > with /sbin/udev_run_hotplugd ?
> > 
> > I have nothing in /etc/dev.d/ except that :
> > 
> > $ ll /etc/dev.d/snd/controlC0/alsa.dev
> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 46 2005-09-15
> > 01:19 /etc/dev.d/snd/controlC0/alsa.dev
> > 
> > Am I supposed to have something in there ?
> > 
> > Thanks again for your help.
> 
> Kernel events are received by udev which handles the event and sends it
> to HAL by calling hal.hotplug. The use of the multiplexing directories
> in udev or the use of run_directory is not recommended and should be
> avoided.
> Every hotplug user should plug into the event process with a
> matching rule. So at best remove _all_ the old dev.d/ and hotplug.d/ crap
> and just add: RUN+="/usr/sbin/hal.hotplug" or something like this.
> 
WONDERFUL !!!! That works !!! USB key, digital camera, cdroms, all is
ok !!
Thank you ! Thank you !! 
I spent weeks and weeks on that, you're my hero !! ;-)
I bless you for ten generations !!

> Kay
>