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Query USB current

How can I obtain information about the amount of current negotiated by a device attached to a USB port? I am looking for information similar to this presented by OS X in terms of current available ...
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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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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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Debian USB automount

Got my USB flash automount broken after reboot. Using Debian 6, GNOME 2 My NTFS hard-disk is still mounting correctly. When i connect my Anrdoid smartphone (with SD and local drive) my messages log ...
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Understand output of `udevadm info -a -n /dev/sdb`

I plug an external HDD into my laptop. I try to find out the information by $ udevadm info -a -n /dev/sdb Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then walks up the chain of ...
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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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Silicon Wave USB Bluetooth Adapter doesn't work

I have been trying to use my usb bluetooth adapter(silicon wave) on ubuntu 11.10 server, it appears in the lsusb list but it doesn't work Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0c10:0000 root@i5-PC:/home/john# ...
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ttyUSB0 permission changes after restart

I'm trying to install a device. I plug in the device which creates a ttyUSB0 file. When I open it in the program I need it for, it says the permission is denied. I type in terminal sudo chmod 666 ...
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Mount printers at /dev/usb and still use CUPS

Due to a new version of CUPS, I suddenly lost the direct path to my printers that was previously available under /dev/usb/lpXXX. I used this to print directly from the command line. echo "test" > ...
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How to get my USB key to auto mount

I'm currently working in a command line only environment. When I plug my USB key in, I see a new device file in /dev: ... sdi sdi1 ... If I simply sudo mount /dev/sdi1 /media/tmp, and umount it ...
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If I connect a physical device, how can I ever know which device file belongs to it?

Say I plug in several USB drives which don't get automatically mounted. How can I find out which device file belongs to which physical device, so I can mount it for example? I'm running Mac OS X but ...
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Prevent claiming of novelty usb device by usbhid so I can control it with libusb?

I have a USB rocket launcher that I wish to experiment with through libusb. However, libusb cannot claim the interface; presumably because the output of usb-devices lists 'usbhid' as the driver for ...
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How to be notified when a USB device was plugged?

My system have to auto-mount for usb devices, how can I be notified when a usb device is plugged? Where can I read more about? I would like to treat that using shell script or C.