USB-IrDA udev hotplug support

[Daniele Napolitano]

Binary package hint: irda-utils

For make USB-IrDA devices hotpluggable and working instantly, needs a udev rule that call irattach for new device plugged in. Obviously we need to kill irattach on plug out.

This is a working rule for udev:

SUBSYSTEM=="net", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ACTION=="add", ATTR{type}=="783", RUN+="/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/irattach.pid --startas /usr/sbin/irattach -- $env{INTERFACE} -s"

SUBSYSTEM=="net", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ACTION=="remove", KERNEL=="irda*", RUN+="/sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --name irattach --pidfile /var/run/irattach.pid"

This rule can be installed on /etc/udev/rules.d during irda-utils package installation.

Same things related PnP autoconfig via udev instead init script (irda-setup).

Note: udev rules tested with a KingSun KS-959 IRDA/USB adapter (ks959_sir module).

[Ferry Toth (ftoth)]

This is definitely the way to go!

But after irattach I need to modprobe ircomm, ircomm_tty and irtty_sir as well before run gnome-ppp.

Preferably would be to get these loaded by udev as well. And possibly pop up Ircp Tray.

And then use Network Manager (instead of gnome-ppp) to manually create a ppp over my GSM.

Any ideas how to get this done?

I have the same USB dongle.

Ferry

[Martin Albisetti (beuno)]

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. Unfortunately a paper cut should be a small usability issue that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. I'm afraid this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.
A paper cut is a minor usability annoyance that an average user would encounter on his/her first day of using a new installation of Ubuntu 9.10.

[Thomas Trummer (truetom)]

This works fine with SigmaTel STIr4200 IRDA/USB.

[Al Tarakanoff (al-tarakanoff)]

This works fine with SigmaTel STIr4200 IRDA/USB at Ubuntu Linux 10.04. It is strange it is not in the irda-utils deb-package.