On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 12:22 -0500, Emily Brantley wrote: > i started using a kernel from kernel.org because i hoped it would help > me get rid of some problems i was having with the kernel (which, since > then, i realize are in those kernels too) but since i have that kernel > so well configured for my system, i wish i could keep using it. > > it works great. all my devices are in perfect working order, every > module is being loaded, it's perfect. the problem isn't with the > kernel. > > when i use this kernel (and it doesn't seem to matter if it's one of > linus' or morton's (i haven't tried any others, it's too inconvenient on > dial up)), haldaemon doesn't seem to want to work correctly. it doesn't > seem to be haldaemon's fault. it's just that the kernel does sysfs a > little differently... > > sorry, this is getting hard to explain. let me be a little more > specific. i have a couple of USB mass storage devices. they work in > both kernels perfectly. the devices are created (even following my > custom udev rules so the naming and symlinking is persistent). i can > mount them myself. but automatic mount points aren't being created like > they should ! > > i spent a really long time trying to figure out the problem, and i think > it's with sysfs. with a _Fedora_ kernel, HAL finds info about each > storage volume under a path like this (this would be for my USB CD-RW): > > linux.sysfs_path_device = > '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:2.0/host0/0:0:0:0' > > and the same USB CD-RW's info in a vanilla kernel seems to be in THIS > path: > > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:2.0/host1/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0 > > and HAL doesn't seem to be able to figure that out. is that indeed what > the problem is ? is HAL not looking in the right place ? it's unaware > of the existence of these storage volumes even though they exist. i > don't know how to make HAL look in the right place or if i need and > updated version or if i'm going in a totally wrong direction. is > anybody else using a vanilla kernel with USB storage and not getting > automatic mountpoints ? > > udev figures this out (which i can see from "udevinfo -a -p `udevinfo -q > path -n /dev/sr0`") !! why not HAL ? > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list and oops. didn't mean to reply to that guy's email. should i repost or leave it alone ? -- Emily Brantley <located@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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