Those scripts are an example on how to allow media:/ to use hotplugging events if you don't use HAL. They're targeting "Linux 2.6 + hotplug + udev" platforms, but we can surely make something equivalent for Linux 2.4, FreeBSD... They are just examples, the packagers will surely develop their own version (I'm currently using them on Debian Sid, Linux 2.6.9 though). 1) mediamanager_usbstorage.dev This file only needs to be copied to /etc/dev.d/default 2) usbcam This one is a bit more complicated to install. The file must be copied into /etc/hotplug/usb and the file /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam.usermap must exists (you can use libgphoto2's print-usb-usermap command to create it)