dump_usbdev(8)

NAME

dump_usbdev - Dumps connected USB devices information

SYNTAX

dump_usbdev [-Vvds] [file]

DESCRIPTION

The utility dump_usbdev aids you in writing usbmgr.conf.
After usbmgr has been started, running dump_usbdev will dump in
fomation about all attached devices in a format suitable for
usbmgr.conf.
If you connect USB devices to your USB HUB, you'll see a
line like the following:
-------------------------------------------------------class 0x9 subclass 0x0 protocol 0x0 module <module_name>
-------------------------------------------------------This line will help you writing your
/etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf configuration file.

OPTIONS

-V Prints version. It DOES NOT exit.

-v Verbose mode.

-d Debug mode. Prints device data details.

-s Print simply the device numbers, not the entire
configuration file text.
file Specify alternate file to read data from, instead
of the default /proc/bus/usb/001/*. If it's not an absolute path,
take as /proc/bugs/usb/001/file. The file format is a series of
register of type usb_device_descriptor.

FILES

/proc/bus/usb/001/*

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

None.

EXAMPLES

To run this program the standard way type:

dump_usbdev

If you want to debug its output, you can create an appro
priate file as myfile and call it:
dump_usdev /path/to/myfile
In the following output:
-------------------------------------------------------class 0x9 subclass 0x0 protocol 0x0 module <module_name>
-------------------------------------------------------
"class 0x9" means USB HUB. If no USB devices are connect
ed, only the root HUB will appear. Modifying "<module_name>"
would complete the configuration for this device (HUB). In the
case of a HUB, you should change "module_name" to "none" because
the HUB driver is included in usbcore.
After a USB mouse has been connected to the HUB, running
dump_usbdev will give you the following:
------------------------------------------------------------class 0x9 subclass 0x0 protocol 0x0 module <module_name>
vendor 0x56e product 0x4 module <module_name>
------------------------------------------------------------
The 2nd line is new. This is the infomation about the USB
mouse. The USB mouse requires the "hid" and "mousedev" drivers.
So, "<module>" should be changed to "hid , mousedev".
So the complete usbmgr.conf would look like this:
------------------------------------------------------------class 0x9 subclass 0x0 protocol 0x0 module none
vendor 0x56e product 0x4 module hid , mousedev
------------------------------------------------------------
You should copy this into /etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf, and
then run update_usbdb to create the configuration data.

AUTHORS

Shuu Yamaguchi <shuu@wondernetworkresources.com>

This manual page was written by Esteban Manchado Velázquez
<zoso@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be
used by others).

SEE ALSO

usbmgr(8), update_usbdb(8), usbmgr.conf(5)
Shuu Yamaguchi 0.4.8
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