Introduction

• Kobo Arc
  I needed to create a file, /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules, which contains the single line:
  

  SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2237", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" 
  

• Epson Perfection 1250 scanner
  I needed to create a script which I run as root, which contains the single line:
  

  chown root.lp /dev/bus/usb/`lsusb|grep Perfection |awk '{print $2 "/" $4}'|sed 's/://'`
  

• Wacom Bamboo for left-handed use
  I needed to create a script which I run as a user, which contains the following lines:
  

  xsetwacom --set "Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4x5 Pen eraser" Rotate "HALF"
  xsetwacom --set "Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4x5 Pen stylus" Rotate "HALF"
  xsetwacom --set "Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4x5 Finger pad" Rotate "HALF"
  xsetwacom --set "Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4x5 Finger touch" Rotate "HALF"
  

• Altera USB Blaster
  For the programmer to connect, do the following as root once the programmer is plugged into the computer: From your Quartus II binary directory, (i.e. where the quartus executable is located), run
  

  jtagd
  jtagconfig