Arch Linux

fiod

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Registered: 2007-04-02

Posts: 205

2 USB related questions

Hey,

I wanna make my father's arch computer a bit more comfortable (he is used to using W****** all his life).

1. How can I make sure that the USB diskonkey he is using will always be mapped to the same device?
For ex., always /dev/sdb..

2. How can I launch a command when the USB is connected?
I want it to run a Virtual machine automatically when the USB diskonkey is connected.

Thanks a lot
FIod

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: 2 USB related questions

Hey,

I wanna make my father's arch computer a bit more comfortable (he is used to using W****** all his life).

1. How can I make sure that the USB diskonkey he is using will always be mapped to the same device?
For ex., always /dev/sdb..

Read this.

2. How can I launch a command when the USB is connected?
I want it to run a Virtual machine automatically when the USB diskonkey is connected.

Thanks a lot
FIod

Take a look at udev rules.

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

Posts: 1,439

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Re: 2 USB related questions

http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

Maybe this is the best documentation. I learned from it, when I needed to put for fix access my avr jtag.

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