Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:06:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:06:37 -0400 Received: from dsl-45-169.muscanet.com ([208.164.45.169]:56328 "EHLO dink.joshisanerd.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:06:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 03:06:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Josh Myer To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB Event Daemon? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I feel stupid. Decided to look over Documentation/usb again and scour the web some more. Hotplug support is exactly what i was looking for (ie: i've already got a shell script that just grabs the files already thrown together). Sorry to clutter the list. -josh, random moron On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Josh Myer wrote: > Hi, > > This might belong on linux-usb, but i'm not subscribed there, and I figure > this is probably a better place to ask this question. > > Is there, or if there were, would it be used, a method to notify a > user-space daemon/program of USB device insertions? A quick search through > archives didn't show anything. > > Basically, i've been spoiled by OSX's "Image Capture" utility, which > launches an image offloader whenever i plug my camera into the USB port, > automatically mounting it as a USB storage device. I'd like similiar > functionality on my linux machine(s). > > My first instinct is to look at the new input layer and see if this would > fit into that scheme. > > Any thoughts, pointers, or flamage would be appreciated; i'm sub'd, but > CCs are appreciated to help seperate signal and noise. > > Thanks in advance, > -- > /jbm, but you can call me Josh. Really, you can. > "Design may be clever in spurts, > but evolution never sleeps" > -- Rob Landley > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- /jbm, but you can call me Josh. Really, you can. "Design may be clever in spurts, but evolution never sleeps" -- Rob Landley - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/