On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 20:45 -0300, Andre Costa wrote: > Hi Craig, > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:42:33 -0700 > Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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 > > Cool, thks for sharing this. But, AFAICS this works for removing the > device, right?. With this you did not have such problems (iPod not > coming back unless it is reconnected)? ---- yes...I would disconnect it and reconnect it Craig
