From: Joseph Wenninger <kde@jowenn.at>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: xhotplugd ???
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:17:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-102769666719567@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-102727059707819@msgid-missing>
Hi
On Thursday 25 July 2002 17:25, David Brownell wrote:
> > http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RPM/lycoris/build44/install/RPMS/khotpl
> >ug-0.9.7-42rl.i586.html
> > ftp://at.rpmfind.net/linux/lycoris/build44/rl/install/SRPMS/khotplug-0.9.
> >7-42rl.src.rpm
>
> I took a quick look at this. Its "hotplugd" seems to be scanning
> busses and delivering its own event reports to a UNIX socket that's
> partially hidden (/var/run/.hotplugd). Then it seems like some KDE
> program (which I'll think of as "xhotplugd") interprets those reports.
>
I looked at that application too, but it looks more like a hack than a real
solution to me
>
> While the user mode code might be fine (but it didn't compile for
> me on RH7.3), I think it'd be better to just come up with a way
> to have the /sbin/hotplug code write more standard events to such
> a UNIX domain socket.
>
I'm installing an old kde2 now to compile this application
>
> I'll be glad to see progress on hooking up hotplug events to
> GUIs. There are (unfortunately) a number of cases where users
> need to make choices when devices appear.
>
> - Dave
Kind regards
Joseph Wenninger
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-21 16:54 xhotplugd ??? kde
2002-07-21 19:45 ` Bernhard Kaindl
2002-07-25 17:25 ` David Brownell
2002-07-26 15:17 ` Joseph Wenninger [this message]
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