[gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[James Colby]

List members -

I was wondering if anybody knew of a package or a method that I could
use to detect when a USB mass storage device is attached to my PC. 
What I would like to be able to do is to write a small script that
would mount my USB mass storage device, sync up a directory, and then
unmount the device everytime I plug my USB drive into the computer.

I know this isn't exactly a gentoo question, but my PC is running
gentoo linux so I thought that I would try to ask here.

Thanks for any suggestion that you might have.

Warm Regards,
James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Maximilian Gass]

On 17:09 Sun 05 Feb     , James Colby wrote:
> List members -
> 
> I was wondering if anybody knew of a package or a method that I could
> use to detect when a USB mass storage device is attached to my PC. 
> What I would like to be able to do is to write a small script that
> would mount my USB mass storage device, sync up a directory, and then
> unmount the device everytime I plug my USB drive into the computer.
> 
> I know this isn't exactly a gentoo question, but my PC is running
> gentoo linux so I thought that I would try to ask here.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestion that you might have.
> 
> Warm Regards,
> James
> 

There are at least two tools: ivman (@sourceforge) and usb-mount (try
google).

(Sorry for the short answer, it's bit late in Germany)


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Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:09:43 -0500, James Colby wrote:

> I was wondering if anybody knew of a package or a method that I could
> use to detect when a USB mass storage device is attached to my PC. 
> What I would like to be able to do is to write a small script that
> would mount my USB mass storage device, sync up a directory, and then
> unmount the device everytime I plug my USB drive into the computer.

Udev will take care of this. all you need is a udev rule that matches the
particular device and calls a script that carries out the actions you
want. See http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php for plenty on writing
udev rules.


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killed.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Canek Peláez]

GNOME 2.12 do this for you, if you put yourself in the plugdev group.
It just works.

Canek

On 2/5/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:09:43 -0500, James Colby wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anybody knew of a package or a method that I could
> > use to detect when a USB mass storage device is attached to my PC.
> > What I would like to be able to do is to write a small script that
> > would mount my USB mass storage device, sync up a directory, and then
> > unmount the device everytime I plug my USB drive into the computer.
>
> Udev will take care of this. all you need is a udev rule that matches the
> particular device and calls a script that carries out the actions you
> want. See http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php for plenty on writing
> udev rules.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> Newsflash! Explosion at M$ beta testsite - Infinite number of monkeys
> killed.
>
>
>


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Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Jan Callewaert]

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Op maandag 6 februari 2006 07:54, schreef Canek Peláez:
> GNOME 2.12 do this for you, if you put yourself in the plugdev group.
> It just works.
>
> Canek
>

Just like KDE 3.5

Jan

> On 2/5/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:09:43 -0500, James Colby wrote:
> > > I was wondering if anybody knew of a package or a method that I could
> > > use to detect when a USB mass storage device is attached to my PC.
> > > What I would like to be able to do is to write a small script that
> > > would mount my USB mass storage device, sync up a directory, and then
> > > unmount the device everytime I plug my USB drive into the computer.
> >
> > Udev will take care of this. all you need is a udev rule that matches the
> > particular device and calls a script that carries out the actions you
> > want. See http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php for plenty on writing
> > udev rules.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil Bothwick
> >
> > Newsflash! Explosion at M$ beta testsite - Infinite number of monkeys
> > killed.
>
> --
> Canek Peláez Valdés
> Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM

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Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:24:00 +0100, Jan Callewaert wrote:

> > GNOME 2.12 do this for you, if you put yourself in the plugdev group.
> > It just works.

> Just like KDE 3.5

Neither GNOME nor KDE can do what the OP asked for. They can automount
the device, but they won't sync with a directory and then unmount it. You
need a udev script for this, which also has the advantage of being
desktop-independent - it doesn't even need a desktop.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Iain Buchanan]

On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 12:24 +0100, Jan Callewaert wrote:
> Op maandag 6 februari 2006 07:54, schreef Canek Peláez:
> > GNOME 2.12 do this for you, if you put yourself in the plugdev group.
> > It just works.

actually, if you're talking about gnome-volume-manager, it no longer
"just works".  Due to dbus / udev / whatever updates, the ~x86 version
doesn't do anything for some users (myself included)...
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  And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
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[gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[James]

Iain Buchanan <iaindb <at> netspace.net.au> writes:




> > > GNOME 2.12 do this for you, if you put yourself in the plugdev group.

> actually, if you're talking about gnome-volume-manager, it no longer
> "just works".  Due to dbus / udev / whatever updates, the ~x86 version
> doesn't do anything for some users (myself included)...


Um, I don't want to be the spoiler, but, this problem is not limited to
Gnome. 

dbus/hald/ivman is broken on gentoo, but, it used to work automatically,
and I could use my unix and mtools commands both on the usb memory.
No more....

James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:36:54 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> dbus/hald/ivman is broken on gentoo, but, it used to work automatically,
> and I could use my unix and mtools commands both on the usb memory.
> No more....

Please don't tell my computers this. They are happily using the latest
dbus and hal to detect, name and mount devices.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Richard Fish]

On 2/6/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:36:54 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
>
> > dbus/hald/ivman is broken on gentoo, but, it used to work automatically,
> > and I could use my unix and mtools commands both on the usb memory.
> > No more....
>
> Please don't tell my computers this. They are happily using the latest
> dbus and hal to detect, name and mount devices.

Mine too, although things were broken for awhile until I figured out I
needed to be a member of the 'plugdev' group.

-Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Uwe Thiem]

On 06 February 2006 16:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:36:54 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
> > dbus/hald/ivman is broken on gentoo, but, it used to work automatically,
> > and I could use my unix and mtools commands both on the usb memory.
> > No more....
>
> Please don't tell my computers this. They are happily using the latest
> dbus and hal to detect, name and mount devices.

Neils's computers, you are *not* supposed to eavesdrop on emails he gets. 
Understood? >:->

I have got a small problem with it myself. hald isn't starting. Haven't had 
time to really investigate it. Next update world will probably correct it 
anyway.

Uwe

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[gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[James]

Richard Fish <bigfish <at> asmallpond.org> writes:

> > > dbus/hald/ivman is broken on gentoo, but, it used to work automatically,
> > > and I could use my unix and mtools commands both on the usb memory.
> > > No more....

> > Please don't tell my computers this. They are happily using the latest
> > dbus and hal to detect, name and mount devices.

> Mine too, although things were broken for awhile until I figured out I
> needed to be a member of the 'plugdev' group.

OK, I'll admit this new information 
plugdev:x:413:root,james
makes it work again, but, for how long?

Call me doubting_thomas, but, it's been round and
round and round again with dbus/hal/ivman. I surely
hope it's stable now, for good.

thanks Richard,

James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:07:13 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote:

> > Please don't tell my computers this. They are happily using the latest
> > dbus and hal to detect, name and mount devices.
> 
> Neils's computers, you are *not* supposed to eavesdrop on emails he
> gets. Understood? >:->

Of course not. If I wanted that, I'd use gmail ;-)
 
> I have got a small problem with it myself. hald isn't starting. Haven't
> had time to really investigate it. Next update world will probably
> correct it anyway.

Incompatible versions of hal and dbus?


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Uwe Thiem]

On 06 February 2006 17:20, James wrote:
> Richard Fish <bigfish <at> asmallpond.org> writes:

> > Mine too, although things were broken for awhile until I figured out I
> > needed to be a member of the 'plugdev' group.
>
> OK, I'll admit this new information
> plugdev:x:413:root,james
> makes it work again, but, for how long?
>
> Call me doubting_thomas, but, it's been round and
> round and round again with dbus/hal/ivman. I surely
> hope it's stable now, for good.

AFAIK, that infernal trio will be dropped in KDE 4 - at least in the current 
form. I don't want to post the relevant discussion in KDE here because most 
subscribers won't be interested in it. For those who actually are, go to 
lists.kde.org, select kde-devel and search for the subject containing 
"FreeDCE". Some hilarious posts in November/December last year.

Enjoy. ;-)

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting when a USB device is attached

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:00:05 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote:

> > Call me doubting_thomas, but, it's been round and
> > round and round again with dbus/hal/ivman. I surely
> > hope it's stable now, for good.
> 
> AFAIK, that infernal trio will be dropped in KDE 4

KDE doesn't need ivman currently. It wasn't really necessary with 3.4 and
totally unneeded with 3.5.


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