Re: hotplug ownership/permissions

[Scott Cuyle Fritzinger <scottf@med.unr.edu>]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Ken Hahn wrote:

> 1. The reaction is not serialized as the notificaiton method changes this
> around.

so hotplug needs to selectively choose which script to run based on user
input.

> 2. In the case of a distro where lots of cd-player, or camera-software come
> for free, users could have multiple things launching on an event, instead of
> just one.

then what needs to happen is the user needs to select from a list of
applications which one to launch for a given device, which can be saved in
~/.hotplug or something similar.

how is the user prompted to choose which script? blech. doesn't seem like
hotplug should have knowledge of the desktop itself... perhaps a
/etc/hotplug/usb.delegators/ directory that contains scripts/programs that
will present the user with a list of possible scripts to run, and the user
can specify one or more.. the choices are stored in ~/.hotplug. the
desktops can place the script/programs in /etc/hotplug/usb.delegators/ so
that if there is more than 1 match in usb.maps/, it can run a delegator.
which delegator though? run them all? :P

this is getting nasty.

> Perhaps hogging the device is not a bad idea?

this is tending to lean towards to user preference rather than letting
hotplug delegate which scripts to run.

i can play around and see what works best here and then write back with
results... i'm just trying a bunch of different things to see what works
best for me for now... :P

-=Scott


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