On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:44:57 -0500, Christian Convey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've got a usb camera (Kodak DX6490). I'm starting to suspect from > various tinkering I've done (in Knoppix, FC3, and Sarge) that the kernel > can't find a module to associate with the camera, and that's causing my > problems. > > In 2.6/Sarge... > - How does the kernel know which driver to use for a USB device I plug in? >
The kernel alone do nothing, you need "userland" programs to load kernel modules when a new HD is plugged, like the "hotplug" package. If you only need to access the photos, usually you only need to load the "usb-storage" kernel module and maybe the "fat" or "vfat". If you use Gnome, and you install "udev", "hal", "gnome-volume-manager" and "hotplug", you usually end with a nice icon on the desktop automagically whenever you attach a USB mass storage to your pc, and digital cameras can be seen like USB mass storage. > - What's the easiest reliable way of knowing whether or not the kernel > managed to bind a driver to a USB device I plug in? > Looking in your /varl/log/syslog or perusing your /proc/bus/usb or /sys/bus/sys. There are utilities that do this for you and show a nice tree with device informations. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
