On Friday 03 August 2007, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:06:08PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
>
> > 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) for 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?
>
> Not everyone who uses USB devices uses X.
True, but for desktop users there doesn't seem to be any
real counter-argument to my point.
> It's a bit difficult to pop up a "unscrew my printer" dialog when you're
> on the console.
Right. Remotely operated systems (like servers) might
need some kind of "default assume-broken" setting.
- Dave
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