On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 21:14 -0300, Andre Costa wrote: > Hi Kanwar, > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:02:30 -0400 > Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu <m3freak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2006-17-06 at 11:40 -0300, Andre Costa wrote: > > > I noticed that after I unmount it, /dev/sda2 disappears, and the > > > only way I can get it back is through the unplug-replug process > > > mentioned. Does this suggest a problem with my USB or hotplug > > > backend configuration? Anyone experiencing this? > > > > My digital camera turns off if idle for a few minutes. When that > > happens, I can no longer access it from my laptop. I get around it by > > just power cycling the camera. > > > > Try turning the ipod off and on while it's still plugged in. It's > > effectively the same as unplugging and plugging it back in. > > Thks for the tips. It could be the automatic powerdown, indeed, but > unfortunately that's not the case with the iPod. It is still on but > Linux refuses to see it. My guess is that is has something to do with > HAL daemon, because /dev/sda2 is only recreated when I "re-plug" the > iPod. I have zero HAL knowledge to risk any other elaborated guess, > though... any takers? ---- this worked for me in FC-4 but I haven't fooled with it since I went to FC-5 $ cat $/HOME/.gtkpod/gtkpod.out #!/bin/sh # sudo /usr/bin/eject /dev/sda2 sudo /sbin/modprobe -r sbp2 sudo /usr/bin/eject /dev/sda2 tail -n 5 /etc/sudoers # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias IPOD=/sbin/modprobe -r sbp2 Cmnd_Alias EJECT=/usr/bin/eject /dev/sda2 # User privilege specification craig ALL=(ALL) ALL craig ALL= NOPASSWD : IPOD, EJECT Craig
