It's possible, using a script created in /etc/hotplug/usb/ and adding a line in /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap, to autostart synce-serial-start; is it possible to add it to the synce ebuild, maybe with an hotplug USE? But then the user should be warned that synce-serial-start should not be used manually. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. su to gain root privilege 2. Use synce-serial-config to configure the right dev 3. add to /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap the line : synce 0x0003 0xVVVV 0xPPPP 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 where VVVv must be replaced with vendorid and PPPP with productid (lsusb to see them) 4.create /etc/hotplug/usb/synce with this script in it: #!/bin/bash export time=`date +"%b %d %X"` export uname=`uname -n` echo "$time $uname $0: iPAQ added" >> /var/log/synce synce-serial-abort >> /dev/null synce-serial-start >> /var/log/synce :> $REMOVER echo "export time=\`date +\"%b %d %X\"\`" >> $REMOVER echo "export uname=\`uname -n\`" >> $REMOVER echo "echo \"\$time \$uname $0: iPAQ removed\" >> /var/log/synce" >> $REMOVER echo "sleep 15 >> /var/log/synce" >> $REMOVER echo "synce-serial-abort >> /var/log/synce" >> $REMOVER chmod +x $REMOVER 5. chmod +x /etc/hotplug/usb/synce Actual Results: the device will connect and sync automatically when it is plugged in Expected Results: i tried it myself Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.7 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Oct 24 2004, 12:15:55)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r5 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r7 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=387 -mmmx -O3 -pipe -fforce-addr -falign-functions=64 -falign-jumps=16 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=387 -mmmx -O3 -pipe -fforce-addr -falign-functions=64 -falign-jumps=16 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -ffast-math-fprefetch-loop-arrays" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://212.219.56.152/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://195.56.77.10/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X acpi aim alsa apache2 apm arts avi bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups divx4linux dvd encode esd evo f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran ftp gd gif gpm gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imap imlib jabber java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod ming mmx mng motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nvidia oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline real samba sdl spell sse ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv xvid yahoo zlib"
No, this should be a udev rule or /etc/dev.d/ script, not a hotplug usermap modification.
