hotplug changes in Dapper?

[Byron Poland]

On 5/28/06, Daniel T. Chen <crimsun at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> Byron Poland wrote:
> > I haven't spent much time on this.... however I've tried two seperate
> > devices that utilize hotplug and firmware loading with dapper over the
> > last 2 months, and neither has worked.  First up was a Plextor
> > ConvertX video capture/encoder.  I've used it on multiple systems
> > before and after compiling the drivers, and plugging it in to the usb
> > port, it would load up fine, you would see the messages in syslog
> > about the driver and firmware loading.. until I tried the same
> > proceedure with dapper.  The second piece of equipment is a Divico
> > Fusion HDTV Gold usb tuner.  I downloaded the latest dvd drivers and
> > compiled them, made sure I had the firmware in /lib/firmware, plugged
> > it in, and nothing...
>
> See
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2005-December/000028.html
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> Thanks,
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> Daniel T. Chen            crimsun at ubuntu.com
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Thanks for the pointer.  It explains the change.  but is way over my
head when it comes to converting hotplug scripts etc.  Plus the dvb
usb device doesn't even have a hotplug script.