Introduction to USB Utils
The USB Utils package contains
utilities used to display information about USB buses in the system
and the devices connected to them.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1
platform.
Package Information
USB Utils Dependencies
Required
libusb-1.0.27
Recommended
Wget-1.21.4
Installation of USB Utils
Install USB Utils by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/usr/share/hwdata &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
To install the usb.ids data file,
using Wget-1.21.4, run, as the root user:
install -dm755 /usr/share/hwdata/ &&
wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids
The script lsusb.py
displays information in a more easily readable form than
lsusb. To find the
options, use lsusb.py
-h. One form of use recommended by the developer is
lsusb.py -ciu.
Configuring USB Utils
The usb.ids data file is constantly
being updated. To get a current version of this file, using
Wget-1.21.4, periodically run again, as the
root user:
wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids
You should update the /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids file periodically.
If you've installed Fcron-3.2.1 and completed the
section on periodic jobs, execute the following commands, as
the root user, to create a
weekly cron job:
cat > /etc/cron.weekly/update-usbids.sh << "EOF" &&
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids
EOF
chmod 754 /etc/cron.weekly/update-usbids.sh
Contents
Installed Programs:
lsusb, lsusb.py, usb-devices, and
usbhid-dump
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
Short Descriptions
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lsusb
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is a utility for displaying information about all USB
buses in the system and all devices connected to them,
but not in human friendly form
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lsusb.py
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displays information about all USB buses in the system
and all devices connected to them in reasonable human
friendly form
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usb-devices
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is a shell script that displays details of USB buses and
devices connected to them. It is designed to be used if
/proc/bus/usb/devices is not available on your system
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usbhid-dump
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is used to dump report descriptors and streams from HID
(human interface device) interfaces of USB devices
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