Thanks Jeff, this is just what I am looking for I will try and set it up
tomorrow. Don't you just love gentoo?
regards
Paul
On Thu 1 January 2004 22:57, Jeff de Ruyter wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 07:01, Paul Stear wrote:
> > On Thu 1 January 2004 17:26, Mike Williams wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the info mike,
> > Do you mean put the chmod line in local.start? What do I do if I boot
> > without the printer/scanner connected and the plug it in when I am
> > running?
>
> You will need to emerge hotplug if you haven't already.
>
> Then
>
> 1. Add a line to /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap (this should be two seperate
> lines):
>
> # usb module match_flags idVendor idProduct bcdDevice_lo
> bcdDevice_hi bDeviceClass bDeviceSubClass bDeviceProtocol bInterfaceClass
> bInterfaceSubClass bInterfaceProtocol driver_info
>
> scanner 0x0000 0x04a9 0x2207 0x0000 0x0000
> 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
> 0x00 0x00000000
>
> where 0x04a9 is the vendor ID of your scanner and 0x2207 is the product ID
> of your scanner. I'm not sure what the value of match_flags should be but
> 0x0000 works for me.
>
> 2. Create a script /etc/hotplug/usb/<usb module> where <usb module> is the
> same as the first field of the line you added to /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap
> above:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # This is a copy of /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam
> #
> # $Id: usbcam.console,v 1.4 2002/09/12 16:50:18 hun Exp $
> #
> # /etc/hotplug/usb/scanner
> #
> # Sets up newly plugged in USB scanner so that the user who owns
> # the console according to pam_console can access it from user space
> #
> # Note that for this script to work, you'll need all of the following:
> # a) a line in the file /etc/hotplug/usermap that corresponds to the
> # camera you are using. You can get the correct lines for all cameras
> # supported by libgphoto2 by running "print-usb-usermap".
> # b) a setup using pam_console creates the respective lock files
> # containing the name of the respective user. You can check for that
> # by executing "echo `cat /var/{run,lock}/console.lock`" and
> # verifying the appropriate user is mentioned somewhere there.
> # c) a Linux kernel supporting hotplug and usbdevfs
> # d) the hotplug package (http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/)
> #
> # In the usermap file, the first field "usb module" should be named
> # "scanner" like this script.
> #
>
> if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ] && [ -f "${DEVICE}" ]
> then
> # New code, using lock files instead of copying /dev/console
> permissions # This also works with non-gdm logins (e.g. on a virtual
> terminal) # Idea and code from Nalin Dahyabhai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> if [ -f /var/run/console.lock ]
> then
> CONSOLEOWNER=`cat /var/run/console.lock`
> elif [ -f /var/lock/console.lock ]
> then
> CONSOLEOWNER=`cat /var/lock/console.lock`
> else
> CONSOLEOWNER=
> fi
> if [ -n "$CONSOLEOWNER" ]
> then
> chmod 0000 "${DEVICE}"
> chown "$CONSOLEOWNER" "${DEVICE}"
> chmod 0666 "${DEVICE}"
> fi
> fi
>
> I've set permissions to 666 since my box is only running when I am using it
> and my usb devices are always plugged in at boot.
>
> 3. Restart hotplug.
>
> Jeff
>
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