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Description of problem:
The hotplug RPM supplied by RH7.2 is very out
of date and is buggy.

A number of USB devices, such as Philips and Logitech web cams
(via the pwc driver) will not hotplug due to numerious problems
with this out of date package.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.rpm -q hotplug
2.with the PWC USB module configured, plug in a Philips 730 /
Logitech 3000 Pro web camera
3.
	

Actual Results:  hotplug fails to function, even with a /etc/hotplug/usb/pwc install
mod script in place.

Given the problems with the old hotplug software, I suspect many
other USB devices will fail to hotplug.

Expected Results:  The camera and modules install when the USB camera is installed.
Other registered USB devices should also hotplug.

Additional info:

To get most USB devices to work, one needs:

hotplug-2002-04-01-1 (see
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-hotplug/hotplug-2002_04_01-1.noarch.rpm)
hwdata-0.8.3
usbutils-0.9.5

The hwdata and usbutils are found in the RH 7.2.92 Beta i386
release, but the hotplug is sill out of date.

When hotplug-2002-04-01-1, hwdata-0.8.3 and usbutils-0.9.5 RPMs
are installed on a up to date RH7.2, things work.
For example, placing the following script:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Phillips webcam module setup
#
/usr/bin/logger -p daemon.notice -t hotplug/usb/pwc -i Phillips webcam setup
/sbin/modprobe pwc
if [ -f /etc/hotplug/usb/pwcx-i386.o ]; then
    /usr/bin/logger -p daemon.notice -t hotplug/usb/pwc -i pwcx-i386.o insmod
    /sbin/insmod --force /etc/hotplug/usb/pwcx-i386.o >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
/usr/bin/logger -p daemon.notice -t hotplug/usb/pwc -i Phillips webcam complete

is placed in /etc/hotplug/usb/pwc, and the pwc module is configured
in the kernel, the camera hotplugs.

I recommend that RH update RH7.2 with hotplug-2002-04-01-1,
hwdata-0.8.3 and usbutils-0.9.5.  I also recommened that it
update hotplug in the beta release.