[sane-devel] Calling a script after USB scanner is plugged

[Julien BLACHE]

Johannes Meixner <jsmeix at suse.de> wrote:

Hi,

>> umax1220u scripts are started in a sequence (i.e. not in parallel, when one 
>> is completed the next one starts).

When troubleshooting udev rules, use udevmonitor to actually see
what's happening in terms of udev events and their properties.

> ACTION!="add", GOTO="end"
> SYSFS{idVendor}=="04b8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="010b", RUN+="..."
> LABEL="end"

Be careful with the labels you use. Always use a unique label name, or
you're asking for troubles. (been there, done that, accidentally
rendered a number of systems unbootable due to that ...)

> Welcome in the hell of udev, HAL and whatever else sophisticated
> stuff which is required to make users happy or so they say...

<aol />

JB.

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