Re: USB scanner not attached when connected after system startup]

From: Roland Smith (rsmith_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 12/30/04

  • Next message: Christian R.: "Memory handling problem with FreeBSD 5.3?" 
    Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:25:04 +0100
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org

    On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 11:17:24PM +0100, Harald Weis wrote:
    > > Could you upgrade to 5.3? I've got a 1650 that works perfectly on
    > > 5.3-RELEASE on amd64. (BTW, 5.3 uses devfs).
    >
    > Yes, no problem, I've planned to migrate to 5.3 anyway in 2 weeks
    > time. But I would like to understand _why_ usbd's attach/detach
    > function, as I understood it from Handbook and manpages, does not work
    > on 4.X (I'm using the scanner since 2 or 3 years without any other
    > problem). It should work, shouldn't it ? Do I mis-interpret
    > e.g. usbd.conf(5) ?

    Try running usbd from a console or xterm with the -d flag. This gives
    debugging output, so you can see what's going on.

    If you're using devfs, make sure that you have a devfs.rules to set the
    user/group and the right permission for the scanner device.

    Roland 

    -- 
R.F. Smith                           /"\    ASCII Ribbon Campaign
r s m i t h @ x s 4 a l l . n l      \ /    No HTML/RTF in email
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/         X     No Word docs in email
                                     / \    Respect for open standards

  • Next message: Christian R.: "Memory handling problem with FreeBSD 5.3?"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: File system (not really) full
      ... > Since i'm not that experienced in freebsd i better ask before ... > i read manpages ... There is also the FAQ and ... Handbook at www.freebsd.org. ...
      (comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc)
    • Re: Raising temperature threshold
      ... >> shutting down soon! ... >> handbook, to no avail. ...
      (freebsd-questions)