On Thursday 02 August 2007, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> The main
> concern I have is that kernel developers just don't tend to be the sort
> of people that use webcams, printers or scanners, so we're relying on
> normal users to go to the effort of reporting that their device has
> stopped working.
True, that rather suggests that some more desktoppy (that's now a word!)
people should get involved. Folk who know how to minimize that pain.
Sometimes when I plug in a USB device I get a dialog asking if I want to
configure it ... surely it would be possible to have that mechanism also
consult a database (part of a distro, or on some web server) fpr info
about the device, and offer the option for to poke at the device a bit to
see if it behaves. That stuff works for music CDs; why not USB devices?
- Dave
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