Re: palm usb_device doesn't seem to disconnect

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 10:19 +0100, Matt Davey wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 18:35 +0100, Matt Davey wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > There have been reports that gnome-pilot can only sync once after each
> > reboot.  Recently a user seems to have tracked this down to HAL
> > behaviour, in which the 'device_added' event only fires once, even if
> > the palmos device is physically unplugged from the host.
> > 
> > This doesn't sound right to me.  I wonder if this behaviour is a known
> > regression in HAL, or is it intended for some reason I'm not fathoming?
> > Apologies if this is a FAQ - I didn't spot it after a quick scan through
> > the list archives for the last couple of months.
> > 
> > System info from the reporter:
> > hal: 0.5.9.1
> > hal-info: 0.20070831
> > kernel: 2.6.22-ARCH
> > udev: 115
> > 
> > The gnome-pilot-list thread is here:
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-pilot-list/2007-October/msg00022.html
> 
> Further update:
> I have now reproduced this problem myself and have narrowed it down to a
> regression between two kernel versions:  I was able to sync fine using
> the initial fedora-7 installation (kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7).  I then
> updated just the kernel, to 2.6.22.9-91.fc7, and could then duplicate
> Tom's symptoms (only syncs once per reboot).  'lshal' retained the info
> on the 'usb_device' entry even after disconnecting my palmos device.
> 
> Again, is this a known issue?  Should I take to greg-k-h?

I'm not sure this is relevant, but most of my problems with device nodes
not going away were fixed with a newer udev (at the time).

That was my bug report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=203932

And it seems to work fine for me. Maybe it's time to go add Bluetooth
support to gnome-pilot? :)

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>