Hotplug not hotplugging.

[James McKenzie]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> I just got around with playing with the USB ports on my generic laptop 
> from LAC that's running FC2+kernel 2.6.8-1.521
>
> If I have my camera plugged in when FC2 boots, I can open and use the 
> camera just fine.  lsusb sees a Sony camera.  When I pull it out, 
> usb-storage gets properly deregistered, as it should.
>
> If I plug the camera in after the kernel boots, nothing happens.  
> Zilch. No kernel messages, nothing whatsoever.  The camera does see 
> the cable connection, and flips over to USB mode as soon as the 
> cable's connected, but nothing happens on the Linux side.  lsusb shows 
> nothing.  I see nothing happening in /proc/bus/usb.  When I reboot, 
> the camera is accessible again.
>
> Where do I need to look?
>
>
Sam:

What does dmesg say when you plug and unplug the camera?

James McKenzie