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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:55:39
Message-Id: 4A48B97D.8050109@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device by Stroller
1 Stroller wrote:
2 >
3 > On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote:
4 >
5 >> I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a
6 >> usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the
7 >> mount. How can I find the device?
8 >>
9 >>> lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive.
10 >>> cat /proc/partitions # just shows the eide and scsi partitions.
11 >>> lsusb # This does recognize the device and give me the following
12 >> Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05e0:2000 Symbol Technologies
13 >>
14 >> What do I do at this point to communicate with the device?
15 >
16 > Are you sure the device should appear as a mass storage device? That
17 > appears to be what you're expecting, but I don't find that clear at all.
18 >
19 > Stroller.
20 >
21 >
22 >
23
24 I googled a bit and it appears to be seen as a keyboard device. I
25 googled for "05e0:2000 Symbol Technologies" with no quotes tho. I
26 thought maybe I was finding the wrong device.
27
28 Dale
29
30 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device dhk <dhkuhl@×××××××××.net>