diff --git a/etc/hotplug/usb/usbdux/usbdux b/etc/hotplug/usb/usbdux/usbdux
index 0e467a8..e801850 100755
--- a/etc/hotplug/usb/usbdux/usbdux
+++ b/etc/hotplug/usb/usbdux/usbdux
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# hotplug script for USBDUX. Mon Oct 20 10:08:09 BST 2003. 
+# hotplug script for USBDUX. Sat Mar 20 09:56:43 GMT 2004
 # Bernd.Porr@cn.stir.ac.uk
 #
 #
@@ -29,26 +29,6 @@ if [ -e /usr/local/share/usb/usbdux_firmware.hex ]; then
 fi
 #
 #
-# in 2.6 there might be a race condition between
-# the usbdevfs and this hotplug script.
-# Therefore we wait a bit to make sure that /proc/bus/usb/... is there.
-if ! [ -e $DEVICE ]; then
-sleep 1
-fi
-#
-# If the device is still not existing probably the usbdevfs hasn't been
-# mounted.
-if ! [ -e $DEVICE ]; then
-    echo "usbdux hotplug: /proc/bus/usb/... does not exist"
-    echo "Please make sure that usbdevfs is mounted."
-    exit 1
-fi
-#
-#
-# firmware upload into the usb device
-fxload -v -2 -I $USBDUX_FIRMWARE
-#
-#
 # If you have more than one device please add/uncomment
 # 
 # just to make sure we remove the comedi device
@@ -56,7 +36,7 @@ $COMEDI_CONFIG -r /dev/comedi0
 # $COMEDI_CONFIG -r /dev/comedi1
 #
 # connecting the comedi device comedi0 with the module usbdux
-$COMEDI_CONFIG /dev/comedi0 usbdux
-# $COMEDI_CONFIG /dev/comedi1 usbdux
+$COMEDI_CONFIG -i $USBDUX_FIRMWARE /dev/comedi0 usbdux
+# $COMEDI_CONFIG -i $USBDUX_FIRMWARE /dev/comedi1 usbdux
 #
 #