sdcard autodetection enabled by running digikam somehow

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Hi folks,

Maybe its a stupid question, but why do I have to run digikam to make autodetection of sd cards work?

Before running digikam nothing happens if I insert a sd card. After running digikam inserting and removing sd cards is handled as expected, even if I logout and use root to kill all jobs and agents that might be related to my previous session (dbus, gconfd-2, gvfsd, etc).

This seems weird.

Of course I also checked lsmod: no additional modules have been loaded by running digikam.

Kernel is 3.0.6. I am not running KDE or Gnome or any other fancy desktop gui, only X and fvwm2. No hal, either. lsusb of the card reader can be found below.

Any helpful comment would be highly appreciated.

Harri
- -------------------------------------------------------------- Bus 003 Device 006: ID 0424:2228 Standard Microsystems Corp. 9-in-2 Card Reader Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00

  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0424 Standard Microsystems Corp.
  idProduct          0x2228 9-in-2 Card Reader
  bcdDevice            4.44
  iManufacturer           1
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 3
  bNumConfigurations      1

Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 39
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 2mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
DEVICE CLASS: 07 21 07 e8 03 fe ff
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