usbdevfs missing in SUSE-11? Whats the alternanative

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Good Day,

I understand that suse don’t have usbdevfs have any more.
In /etc/fstab I see usbfs instead.

I have 2 issues with that.

First:


champ@linux-tslc:~> ls /proc/bus/usb/
champ@linux-tslc:~>

Nothing under /proc/bus/usb/ when same laptop under FC9 shows normal “/proc/bus/usb/device” etc.

Second::
What would be an alternative to ioctl (handle,usbdevfs_cotrol,…) now?

Thanks.

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It has been deprecated. Check out /dev/bus/usb instead.

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sweet :slight_smile:

Thanks!

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When you deprecate stuff, you really need to leave symlinks and other bread crumbs around so people can figure out how to carry on in light of the “improvements”. You still have “usbview” around and it DEPENDS on usbdevfs and is referenced in other documentation, which I was trying to use.

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When you deprecate stuff, you really need to leave symlinks and other bread crumbs around so people can figure out how to carry on in light of the “improvements”. You still have “usbview” around and it DEPENDS on usbdevfs and is referenced in other documentation, which I was trying to use.

This is old news, and not specific to openSUSE either, as this old thread shows

[ubuntu] [SOLVED] usbview error - Ubuntu Forums]([ubuntu] [SOLVED] usbview error)

along with a lengthy bug report dialogue

Now, if you really still want to use usbview, then read this thread

USB tools - openSUSE Forums