Re: is it possible to make my camera on usb (dev/sda1) to automountwhen i plug it in?

[Neil Bird <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Around about 04/12/2002 19:03, Kent Nyberg typed ...
> Is it possible to make it so that when i plug in my camera in the
> usb-slot then it automounts?
> Now i have to mount it (mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera) by hand. It would
> be better if it automounts just like the cdroms does in gnome.
  Well, I'd not thought of using automounter - you can try that if you 
want.  I have a Fuji FinePix 6900 and this is roughly what I did/do:

[most of this is a job to root]

- tail -f /var/log/messages
  ... then plug in the camera;  make a note of the USB ID (2 hex no.s)
- make sure you've the hotplug RPM installed
- go to /etc/hotplug and look for usb.usermap;  edit it
- copy the top line and put in the 2 nos. you made a note of as three 
nos. in the first few fields (the one large no. has to be split into big 
end/little end).  You'll see what I mean when you look at the file.
- change the 'usbcam' name to 'fujicam' or something.
- go into the usb (?) dir., and copy usbcam to fujicam.
- in the appropriate place at the end of the script, add 'mount /mnt/camera'
- add an entry to /etc/fstab for /dev/sda1 to /mnt/camera for read-only 
auto or vfat.


  If I've described that right, you'll get what I get: plug in the 
camera, and it gets mounted, & an icon appears on the desktop.


  I'll try to get a copy of my fujicam script, as there's a bit I can't 
remember the details for: you can set up a 'remove' script that does a 
umount when you unplug the thing.  Works a treat.


  Now I've a followup question: I bought a USB card reader for mine. 
If I plug *that* in, the sda1 mount is never returned (the camera works 
multiple times - I can plug it in & unplug it at whim & it 
mounts/umounts correctly).

  The first time I plug in the reader, I get /dev/sda1 mountable; 
unplug it and do it again but this time it's /dev/sda2 (& the mount 
fails).  Everytime I do it till reboot adds another no. (and appropriate 
usb/scsi entry under /proc).

  Any ideas?  Although I must remember to try this under RH8 in case it 
now works (last tried on RH7.3 before upgrade).

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