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#1

I have oS 11.1 w/ KDE 3.5 586 (not a 64 bit capable machine).

I installed usbview only to be told that there is an issue.

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[USBView Error]
Can not open the file /proc/bus/usb/devices

Verify that you have USB compiled into your kernel,
have the USB core modules leaded, and have the
usbdevfs filesystem loaded.

| |
| OK |

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It seems that this user/admin support went away after oS 10.3

I cannot find hide nor hair of it. Yast shows no such modules.

Where do i go to put this support back together?

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#2

I find USBView and USBUtils amoung others present. Just what are you trying to do or look at?

Thank You,

#3

On Fri, 07 May 2010 03:16:02 GMT, jdmcdaniel3
<jdmcdaniel3@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>I find USBView and USBUtils amoung others present. Just what are you
>trying to do or look at?
>
>Thank You,

Quite simply, right now, i want the functionality of usbview without
throwing an error (shown previously) and quitting. It helps me
understand a problem sometimes.

#4

Here you go:
Software.openSUSE.org
Search for usbview for your openSUSE version and arch, install run and let us know what happens.

#5

Usbview relies on usbfs, which opensuse hasn’t used for long now. You can get it to work by mounting usbfs like this, as root:

mount usbfs
#6

Oh and by the way lsusb -v will give you as much info as usbview and more without having to mount usbfs.

#7

Thanks hank_se for the neat terminal command “lsusb -v”. Here is what a dual port USB 3.0 adapter looks like.

Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               3.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0 Unused
  bDeviceProtocol         3 
  bMaxPacketSize0         9
  idVendor           0x1d6b Linux Foundation
  idProduct          0x0002 2.0 root hub
  bcdDevice            2.06
  iManufacturer           3 Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop xhci_hcd
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
  iSerial                 1 0000:02:00.0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 Unused
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Full speed (or root) hub
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval              12
Hub Descriptor:
  bLength               9
  bDescriptorType      41
  nNbrPorts             4
  wHubCharacteristic 0x0009
    Per-port power switching
    Per-port overcurrent protection
    TT think time 8 FS bits
  bPwrOn2PwrGood       10 * 2 milli seconds
  bHubContrCurrent      0 milli Ampere
  DeviceRemovable    0x00
  PortPwrCtrlMask    0xff
 Hub Port Status:
   Port 1: 0000.0100 power
   Port 2: 0000.0903 test power enable connect
   Port 3: 0000.0100 power
   Port 4: 0000.0100 power
Device Status:     0x0003
  Self Powered
  Remote Wakeup Enabled

Bus 007 Device 002: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               3.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0         9
  idVendor           0x174c ASMedia Technology Inc.
  idProduct          0x55aa 
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           2 ASMedia
  iProduct                3 AS2105
  iSerial                 1 0123456789ABCDEF
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           44
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xc0
      Self Powered
    MaxPower                0mA
    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     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0400  1x 1024 bytes
        bInterval               0
        ** UNRECOGNIZED:  06 30 0f 00 00 00
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0400  1x 1024 bytes
        bInterval               0

Thank You,

#8

On Sun, 09 May 2010 14:46:02 GMT, Knurpht
<Knurpht@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>Here you go:
>‘Software.openSUSE.org’ (http://software.opensuse.org/search)
>Search for usbview for your openSUSE version and arch, install run and
>let us know what happens.

No change. Same error message. No functionality.

#9

On Sun, 09 May 2010 15:06:02 GMT, hank se
<hank_se@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>Usbview relies on usbfs, which opensuse hasn’t used for long now. You
>can get it to work by mounting usbfs like this, as root:
>
>Code:
>--------------------
> mount usbfs
>--------------------

That got it. Thranx.

#10

On Sun, 09 May 2010 15:36:01 GMT, hank se
<hank_se@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>Oh and by the way lsusb -v will give you as much info as usbview and
>more without having to mount usbfs.

Yes, it does. Sometimes it is just not as convenient, like when there is
a slew of USB stuff hooked up.

A similar pair of utilities for firewire would be nice also.

#11

I found another useful tool the other day, there’s a script /usr/sbin/usb-devices that will generate a more structured output than lsusb, might be an alternative to usbview. There’s also a script /usr/sbin/update-usbids.sh that will update the file /usr/share/usb.ids!