I did as you said, and opened /var/log/messages in Advanced editor so I could search. Searching for USB, there is nothing in the file. Does this mean my system no longer sees the USB ports? How can I check this? Harry G On Wednesday April 10 2002 12:10 am, Fred A. Miller wrote:
For those of you, who may follow in my footsteps, I hope to give you some assistance before you need it. :) Thanks to Tim, Mike, and others who gave me some pointers along the way.
Problem: You have a digital camera and a USB card reader....PNY or other brand and would like to have it defined at bootup.
Solution: put a "card" in the reader that has at least 1 image on it or is formated, and reboot the 'puter. Login and carefully read the /var/log/messages file......near the end of it. An example of what you're looking for is below, which is what the system "sees" the card reader as.
Apr 9 23:37:40 linux kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Apr 9 23:37:40 linux kernel: SCSI device sdc: 125185 512-byte hdwr sectors (64 MB) Apr 9 23:37:40 linux kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off Apr 9 23:37:40 linux kernel: sdc: sdc1 Apr 9 23:37:40 linux kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
Note that on this box, it's sdc1.
Make a mount point of your choice. In my case, it's /local2/coolpix, which is on an 18.3G SCSI drive as /local2. Ok....now you're ready to add a line in /etc/fstab, which in my file is:
/dev/sdc1 /local2/coolpix vfat ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
Reboot, and in KDE2.2.2 or KDE3.0, you'll have an icon on your desktop noteing the reader.
Enjoy!
Fred