Re: [OOPS] Linux 2.6.14.2 and DVB USB

From: Chris Rankin
Date: Mon Nov 14 2005 - 18:50:48 EST


--- David Brigada <brigad@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> It seems as though there were messages that were still being sent to and
> from your device when you disconnected it. Try to make sure that you
> quit all the software that was using the device,

I'm fairly certain that I'd shut xine down.

> and if possible, remove
> the kernel module that the device uses before removing the device.

This sounds contrary to the entire concept of hotplugging to me. And I don't think that a typical
desktop user would be happy to be told that s/he needs to become root and unload kernel modules
before s/he can unplug a USB device.

Cheers,
Chris




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