On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:33:54 +0200, Pawe__ Madej wrote: > I'll describe my situation: My laptop has only one usb port and > normally I have plugged to it my mouse. When I want to copy photos from > my digital camera I have to unplug mouse and plug usb cable to camera.
Wouldn't it be easier to buy a small USB hub? > 1. I plug camera and I got it under /dev/sda1 device > 2. I unplug it and plug once more ... this time it is the > same /dev/sda1 device > 3. I uplug it once more and plug my mouse and unplug it > 4. I plug my camera and this time it is under /dev/sdb1 device Use udev to set up persistent device names, base don the device itself, not when it was plugged in. Then your camera would always appear as /dev/camera, or whatever name you choose. Read http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml then follow the link to writing udev rules at the bottom. -- Neil Bothwick Normality is restored. Any problems remaining are your own.
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