Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader

From: Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net)
Date: 12/05/04

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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:32:45 -0600

    On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 15:14 +0100, René Seindal wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I have tried just about everything, so I need some help.
    >
    > I have installed Gnome 2.8 from sid, including hal, udev, hotplug, ...
    >
    > I'd expect it to just mount my removable devices when I plug them in,
    > and it does seem to work with cds, but not with anything usb.
    >
    > I plug in my usb card reader, and the kernel picks it up, and udev picks
    > it up, but hal complains about missing events from hotplug and nothing
    > is mounted.
    >
    > What do I have to do to get hotplug to find the devices, so I can have
    > them automounted on a gnome 2.8 desktop.
    >
    > I need this for my WAF!
    >
    > I get this output when I plug in the card reader (date and hostname
    > removed from syslog-lines):
    >
    > kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 12
    > kernel: scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
    [snip]
    > kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
    > last message repeated 7 times
    > kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
    > hald[10310]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 486. Rebasing to 487
    > hald[10310]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 496. Rebasing to 486

    Does it all work with udev removed? I.e., can you mount a flash
    card into a static device? 

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