From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:50:51 +0000 Subject: Re: usb scanner configuration: udev Message-Id: <20050110165051.GA10347@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <1105374433.5028.313.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1105374433.5028.313.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:27:14AM -0800, Thomas Frayne wrote: > My problem looks similar to the one described in the the No Hotplug Events thread. > > I am running on an up to date Fedora Core 3 system, and have installed > sane-backends 1.0.15-1.4 and xsane 0.92-13 via synaptic. Over the last > 18 months, I have periodically tried to get my HP 7450C scanner working > under SANE, but was never completely successful. This time I succeeded. > > Now I find that /dev/scanner-usb-:proc:bus:usb:002:010 is a link to > /proc/bus/usb/002/010, but the device name changes when I reboot. usb scanners do not have a /dev entry, as they use libusb to access the device directly through usbfs in userspace. That is why no udev hotplug event happens. I do not know what program created that /dev link, but it wasn't udev. I suggest bringing this up on the SANE mailing lists, as there's nothing we can do here. Good luck, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel