[Gllug] Long shot: Zaurus

[Robin Smith]

Thanks, I,ll give usbmgr a go

Robin

On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 03:40, Pete Ryland wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:18:21PM +0100, Robin Smith wrote:
> > I have just rebuilt my kernel to 2.4.18 to support USB networking so
> > that I can network to my Zaurus.
> > 
> > This works but it only if I restart the network after the Zaurus has
> > been powered on in the cradle, e.g.:-
> > 
> > 1. Put Zaurus in the cradle and press the sync button to power it on.
> > 2. Run /etc/init.d/networking stop
> > 3. Run /etc/init.d/networking start
> > 4. The run wget -r ftp://root@192.168.129.201:4242
> > 
> > In theory the network should be automatically started when the USB code
> > detects the Zaurus. Any pointers on how to automate this so I don't have
> > to stop and restart the network using the root accout?
> > 
> > My debian interfaces script is:-
> > 
> > auto usb0
> > iface usb0 inet static
> >   address 192.168.129.1
> >   pointtopoint 192.168.129.201
> >   netmask 255.255.255.255
> >   up route add -host 192.168.129.201 dev usb0
> >   down route del -host 192.168.129.201 dev usb0
> 
> There are a few packages that may work for you.  I use usbmgr and usb-perms
> for my needs, but you may find you'll need to use hotplug for this.
> However, I had problems setting up hotplug and went back to the other two.
> 
> Pete
> 
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