From d3fbd9444b0cfd17804efa2992f361e6d31fbd0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 14:35:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve language. --- blog/data/2013-01-09-hw-autoinstall.txt | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/data/2013-01-09-hw-autoinstall.txt b/blog/data/2013-01-09-hw-autoinstall.txt index 2784827d08..cec9f59cfe 100644 --- a/blog/data/2013-01-09-hw-autoinstall.txt +++ b/blog/data/2013-01-09-hw-autoinstall.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Title: Why isn't Linux desktops installing the hw support packages automatically? +Title: Lets make hardware dongles easier to use in Debian Tags: english, debian -Date: 2013-01-09 15:30 +Date: 2013-01-09 15:40

One thing that annoys me with Debian and Linux distributions in general, is that there is a great package management system with the @@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ package to map the USB ids of LEGO Mindstorms and Yubikey devices to the relevant packages in Debian, and uploaded a new version 2.2013.01.09 to unstable. I also discovered that the current discover -package in Debian no longer found any USB devices, because -/proc/bus/usb/devices no longer is present, and ported it to use -libusb as a fall back option. The fixed package version 2.1.2-6 is -now in experimental.

+package in Debian no longer discovered any USB devices, because +/proc/bus/usb/devices is no longer present. I ported it to use +libusb as a fall back option to get it working. The fixed package +version 2.1.2-6 is now in experimental (didn't upload it to unstable +because of the freeze).

With this prototype in place, I can insert my Yubikey, and get this desktop notification to show up (only once, the first time it is @@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ inserted):

For this prototype to be really useful, some way to automatically -install the proposed packages by pressing the button should to be -implemented.

+install the proposed packages by pressing the "Please install +program(s)" button should to be implemented.

If this idea seem useful to you, and you want to help make it happen, please help me update the discover-data database with mappings -- 2.47.2