[gentoo-user] Re: Replacements for ivman

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Dale <rdalek1967 <at> gmail.com> writes:


> > How have you got it set up and how long has it been that way? 
Experienced any 
> > brokenness while it's been in use?

> Basically, I just emerged it and restarted KDE.  It just worked.  I
> don't recall changing anything as far as configs go.

> It has been that way for a pretty long while.  I did have a version
> problem once a while back.  I think it was when udev made some changes
> or something, but hal and ivman sort of had a fight over devices like my
> camera.  Hard drives were fine tho.


Yep, same thing here

rc-status:
dbus                                                                 
hald
ivman

It just seems to work. A while back I tried to find accurate and current docs.
That's when I got confused. It really would be nice if this was all documented
well somewhere. Occassionally, a usb device is not discovered, and then
I manually try to find traces of it, using a variety of usual tools. If not
successful then I result to brute force searches of /dev .....

Most often, Konqueror, not my browser or choice, pops up when a unknown 
usb devices is popped up. That my starting point and it works most
of the time.


I'd personally settle for a master index of products and devices
and a manual udev entry example to accompany said product/device;
as a catchall type of xml/database, for the millions of devices
out there.....

Going from manual discover to a working udev rule, has always been
a painful process for me.

hth,

James