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Why my linux does not detect USB storages at runtime?

I have an embedded system with Linux kernel v3.0.35 and Busybox v1.20.2. If I plug a USB flash drive in before starting the operating system the boot process mounts it to the proper place, with the ...
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Unable to connect Intex 3.5g modem in Ubuntu 11.04 [duplicate]

When I try to connect Intex USB modem firstly it is not displayed as a USB modem in networking panel. Then afterwards wen I try to manually add it, I get errors I have tried gnome-ppp and ...
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Watch USB connections vendor id, product id, revision

I'd like to simply watch all devices added and removed from my system and view their USB vendor ID, product ID, and revision and other relevant information. How can I do this in Linux? Is there a ...
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How do I install Red Hat Linux 9.0 Shrike from a USB drive?

I have a desktop PC which does not have a CD drive and does not have access to the Internet or other networks. I want to install Red Hat Linux 9.0 "Shrike" on it using a 8GB USB flash drive. I have ...
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3 of 4 USB ports not working on CentOS 6.4

There seems to be a problem with my USB ports on my Lenovo IdeaPad Y580. On Windows 7 all four of them work just fine, but on CentOS 6.4 only one works. I have checked that the devices I used to test ...
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Why is USB not working in Linux when it works in UEFI/BIOS?

For background I have just built a new machine with modern hardware including: AMD FX-8350 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 motherboard 16GB RAM NVidia GTX 650 Ti Kingston SSD Given that, I tried to install ...
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USB-Serial Driver(Exar Xr21v1414) Run Error

I'm currently trying to run the bellow driver in linux-3.8.3 on Exar xr21v1414 http://www.exar.com/connectivity/uart-and-bridging-solutions/usb-uarts/xr21v1410, but when i install the driver ...
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How to retrieve sysfs devpath of a USB flash drive given its corresponding partition sysfs path?

I have a USB flash drive connected to a hub. Its storage device partition devpath in sysfs is /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb6/6-1/6-1.2/6-1.2:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb1. I ...
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Using USB 3 controller with Linux 2.6.x

I have a laptop that has an USB controller and an SD card which I believe connected to USB3. I need to do some development on a Linux version 2.6 which doesn't support USB3. Can I use USB 3 ...
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How to bind USB device under a static name?

I have an arduino which sometimes gets bound to /dev/ttyUSB0 and other times to /dev/ttyUSB1 making my script fail. I do not want to enumerate all the possibilities of where my device could be, but I ...
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What is the udev rule to allow specific thumb drive vendors?

How can I write a udev rule that whitelists specific vendors and doesn't allow other USB drives? Do I put it in /etc/udev/rules.d, or /lib/udev/rules.d? What command do I run to test if the rule is ...
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How to use one distro's live CD to install another distro?

I'm trying to install Mint Linux to a USB stick, but the Mint live CD doesn't fit on a normal CD and I don't have any DVDs available. The Ubuntu live CD does fit on a CD, so I want to use the Ubuntu ...
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Endless data loop from dev/ttyUSB while sending AT commands

I have problem sending AT commands to my USB modem. At first I tried php-serial class, but when i was reading data, I got endless loop with strange data. Then I tried to debug problem and opened putty ...
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(Solved) Linux cdc_acm device - unexpected characters sent to USB device

I'm having trouble with unexpected characters being sent on a USB port with the cdc_acm driver. What makes this all the more perplexing is that the code runs fine on Ubuntu 12.04 (3.2 kernel) but ...
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how to disable USB devices based on vendor id in Linux environment?

I want to disable usb devices based on vendor id in Linux environment. I want to allow only specific USB devices, based on vendor id.
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Why do I not seem to have hidraw options on my system, and how can I fix my usb devices?

Starting today, I noticed a few problems with my system. USB devices, including the internal ones such as microphones, don't seem to be working at all. I first noticed when my keyboard and mouse ...
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Compile Linux Kernel w/ Dynamically (Un)loadable usbserial Module

I've attempted to install drivers for an FPGA device, but require that I remove the usbserial module. This happens to be impossible because usbserial is a built-in module. It was suggested that I ...
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Removing builtin modules in Linux

I'm currently attempting to remove the usbserial module in order to install a new driver module. When I attempt to remove the module I get the following issue: [root@localhost xr21v141x-lnx-3.0-pak]# ...
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USB Driver Compilation Error

I'm currently trying to compile a Linux USB UART driver, which is provided here: http://www.exar.com/connectivity/uart-and-bridging-solutions/usb-uarts/xr21v1410 The driver consists of 2 header files ...
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How to find the device is connected to which usb hub in linux OS? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I uniquely identify which device is on USB `hub 6-0:1.0: port 2`? I connected three USB hub in a system and I connected different devices in each hub. How I can ...
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Prevent usbhid from claiming USB device

Directly related: Prevent claiming of novelty usb device by usbhid so I can control it with libusb? I want to access an RFID reader (works as HID device) from a program that uses libusb-0.1. In the ...
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How do I find out the device node corresponding to my device in SuSE 8?

I'm forced to work with a bunch of point-of-sale systems running SuSE 8. They are my client's computers. We are stuck dealing with these old systems until they get to upgrade their whole fleet to SLE ...
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Can't set a blacklist for usb autosuspending

I'm trying to disable usb autosuspend for my wireless USB mouse: CONTROL_USB_AUTOSUSPEND="auto" AUTOSUSPEND_USE_WHITELIST=0 AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKIST="046d:c52f" I already put these values to ...
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Making USB drives readonly on an specific USB port or for an user account

I have a Multiseat machine and the second seat has USB access from a signle port by HUB (a Keyboard and a mouse are connected to it). I need make all storages drives that is connected to to this HUB ...
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GSM modem does not create /dev/ttyUSB file

I installed Kannel in a server, and I want to use a GSM 3G USB modem to send/receive SMS messages, as described in section SMS Centers > GSM Modem of the Kannel User Guide. I have already installed, ...
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Using USB hub for keyboard and mouse in multiseat

I want to configure a 2 user multiseat in Linux. Is it possible to configure keyboard and mouse for second seat with a USB hub on a single USB port or I need to connect each of them to a separate USB ...
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Virtual terminal switched when USB mouse plugged in Linux

Our machine runs a modified RedHat 9 (Kernel Linux 2.6.20-1.21, GNOME 2.10.0). When USB mouse is plugged in, the X Window will always switch out, we have to switch back by Alt + F7. There is no such ...
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Creating a bootable Linux installation USB without unetbootin

I want to install Scientific Linux from USB. I don't know why unetbootin doesn't work but I am not curious to find out: after all, I transferred to Linux from Windows to see and learn the underlying ...
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How do I create a USB image with a partition table?

I want to create an image of some directory tree that is writable directly to an USB drive, just like the images of many linux distributions. For example, with openSUSE you can download an ISO image ...
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Is it necessary to enable CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD , when there's only USB 2.0 ports

Is it necessary to enable CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD on a system that has USB 2.0 port only ? I'm not sure those devices present , e.g bluetooth , camera use that driver ? Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 ...
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What happens after an USB disk is connected to a Linux system? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What happens when a USB drive is plugged in? What happens after an USB disk is connected to a Linux system? Does the system probe devices, load driver modules, or what? ...
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How can I uniquely identify which device is on USB `hub 6-0:1.0: port 2`?

How can I uniquely identify which device is on USB hub 6-0:1.0: port 2? I receive messages in my dmesg every now and then and I want the system to tell me which device is connected to that port. ...
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Udev triggers are not firing on insert of CF card into USB card reader (anymore)

I've got a udev rule that triggers a shell script that copies photos off my CF card when I insert the card into my USB card reader. This worked fine for a while. But after a recent upgrade it has ...
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IPCop v2.0.3 Install via USB

I have a SFF (Small Form Factor) PC that I am attempting to install IPCop v2.0.3 onto for use as a firewall in my home network. As it is SFF (Mini-ITX) it did not come with a disk drive and I do not ...
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USB 3G Modem for embedded Linux?

I am fairly new to Linux world, I have to develop an application on embedded Linux which sends data over internet. I have to choose a USB 3G modem with a SIM card holder. I would appreciate if anyone ...
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Swap alt and windows key except when using an external keyboard

On my laptop the Alt and Windows keys are in the opposite positions that I'd prefer them in. Swapping them is fairly easy. However, my external (USB) keyboard has the Alt and Windows keys in the order ...
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Is there any “non live” distribution of Linux that can be run from a USB drive, AND allow access to files from Windows?

I tried installing a "pen drive" version of Ubuntu from PenDriveLinux.com, but since it was a modified version of Live Ubuntu (i.e. that usually runs from a CD), it had some kind of custom ...
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Bluetooth pairing hangs up the system in debian

Whenever I try to pair bluetooth in debian using bluetooth-agent command, the system hangs up and I am unable to do anything with it. When I ask for access from my remote laptop it gives the message ...
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How to power off USB stick or MMC card under linux?

Usually I just unmount the usb stick or mmc before unplugging it but I'd prefer to turn the power off before doing so. I think Windows does this, so the hardware should allow for turning off the power ...
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Fast distro which only allows a USB boot?

Older PCs BIOS don't have the ability to boot from USB and there is no upgrade from the motherboard manufacturer that makes that possible. Usually I load UNetbootin to make the USB bootable. Since ...
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How to make a system lock when the USB pendrive with authentication key is removed?

Say, I have USB drive authentication up and working. So far, so hoopy. But now I want to take the next step, which is locking the machine when I eject the medium. I know there is udev I can script, ...
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How to enable force feedback in kernel 2.6.34 - 64 bit?

The wheel is Logitech driving force DFGT. The platform: linux-dopx:/home/anisha/ # cat /etc/issue && uname -a Welcome to openSUSE 11.3 "Teal" - Kernel \r (\l). Linux linux-dopx ...
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How does the Linux kernel decide how much bandwidth to allocate to Isochronous USB endpoints?

As far as I'm aware, USB endpoints that use isochronous transfers have a 'wMaxPacketSize' parameter associated with them that is used by the kernel to guarantee a certain amount of bandwidth for the ...
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Howto read SMS stored on a SIM card?

I have an old phone with a telephone card (SIM card) inside. The telephone has an infrared interface on the side. I want to read out my contacts and stored SMS messages from the phone, either via ...
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Distribution recommendation for USB flash disks

I'm a linux system administrator and dealing with big iron distributions like debian and redhat for a long time. I need a recommendation for a small distribution which I can install to USB flash disk. ...
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Linux 2.6.32, busybox, Identify physical SD device

I have a USB card reader with two SD card interfaces and two USB ports (so it can also act as a USB hub) all on the same device. I am running an embedded Linux device that is unsupervised in its use ...
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Restart USB (ehci) in Fedora 14

I am looking for a way in Fedora 14 to restart the USB system so that all USB devices disconnect and reconnect to the OS (due to some slightly dubious USB peripherals that I have no choice but to ...
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Power off USB storage device/port to avoid power consumption

A connected USB storage device, even if unused (unmounted, etc.), consumes power. How can I turn it off / turn its power off so that it doesn't consume power as if it was disconnected, but without ...
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How can I direct input from two keypads to two respective terminals on one computer?

I want to connect two usb keypads to the same computer (Linux). Then I want to open 2 consoles #1 and #2 and execute one process on each one of them. Then I want to receive input from keypad #1 on ...
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Samson Meteor Mic under Linux/ALSA

Has anybody gotten a Samson Meteor Mic working under Linux/ALSA? I tried to google it but I found no mention of Samson Meteor under Linux at all. Kernel/ALSA/Audacity see the device. Unfortunately I ...

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