Universal Serial Bus (USB) establishes a connection between devices and a host computer.
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Configure fstab for a bootable usb
I'm trying to clone a partition and make it a bootable usb. I've made two ext3 partitions (just like the installation I'm cloning).
The first one is small and has grub/ and the kernel.
The second ...
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`power/persist` file not found in USB device sysfs directory
The file /usr/share/doc/linux-doc/usb/persist.txt.gz mentions that the USB-persist capability can be enabled for a given USB device by writing 1 to the file persist in that device's directory in ...
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Grub and usb serial support
How to access the grub menu using a usb serial converter?
I know it's possible to have grub menu in serial console, putting these lines in grub.conf:
serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 ...
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Is there a way to mirror USB outputs?
I'm currently writing a program for a project.
It is for a braille reading system where I have a braille display connected via USB that is controlled by a program called brltty.
One of the ...
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USB audio only outputs white noise
I am running OpenBSD/i386 5.1 on a 5 year old laptop. The speakers and headphone port work, but the headphone port is a little loose so I am trying to install an external USB sound card (Fiio E17 USB ...
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Attaching USB-Serial device with custom PID to ttyUSB0 on embedded
I'm attempting to get an FTDI USB-Serial device with a custom PID to automatically (or even manually) attach to ttyUSB%n, without much success. The device's normal VID/PID is 0403/6001. When ...
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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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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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Make laptop to wake up by keyboard and mouse
The only way I can wake up my laptop (HP Elitebook 8460p) from suspend is by pressing the power button. Neither the built-in keyboard/mouse nor the external ones (connected via USB) wake the laptop ...
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Configuring Enlightened Sound Daemon
I have a single audio source specified in ALSA as plughw:1,0 (a USB microphone) and I'd like several other processes to be able to access the source simultaneously.
For various reasons, each process ...
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lsusb outputs “Illegal Instruction” - why?
I'm trying to get a 3G USB dongle to work on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Wheezy, using a script called sakis3g.
However, in trying to do this, I keep running into problems: when trying to connect ...
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Netbook w/ Fedora 17 and USB Numpad at Boot Disables Internal Keyboard
I have a netbook with F17 installed. No X, just text console. The system boots fine and the internal keyboard works. I can plugin a USB numpad after boot and it functions reliably. However, if the ...
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PS/2 to USB port for keyboard gives “unable to enumerate USB device on port 5”
I got my hands on a Logitech Ultra X (Y-SX49) keyboard, with US key marks. The US key placement is much better than my Swedish native, at least for programmers, because there are much fewer shortcuts ...
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Mounting USB camera on Ubuntu
I am quite new at Linux and I have to install this SwissRanger camera on Ubuntu. I am trying to follow their USB mounting instructions and I got stuck.
From the instructions:
Modify the usbdevfs ...
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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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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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Unable to use USB through DD-WRT on a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2
I have a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 and I'm trying to get USB support working. The original Buffalo-branded firmware would refuse to mount the USB drive, so I've followed what tutorials I've found for ...
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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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Anti-ghosting (NKRO over USB) keyboard
I've recently bought a new keyboard and was surprised to find that it didn't work in Linux.
This keyboard does strange things to handle multiple key presses (ant-ghosting) over a USB interface. While ...
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USB ports not working
Ok, got a Puppy Linux Wary 5.3. running on an old laptop with USB ports.
Now, here's the strange part ... none of them work. When I stick in a USB-stick there's no reaction. Still, lsusb lists ...
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unable to connect intex 3.5g modem in ubuntu 12.04
Can anyone help me out on connecting usb modem in ubuntu? Here are the steps i have followed, initially it is recognized as a storage device and the modprobe cmd does not create any impact on it
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Run script on “Safely remove” action in KDE
I have a Linux box with KDE 3.5.10. I do not plan to upgrade it soon, so please don't answer that. Now, I want to run a script each time I select the "Safely Remove" option on a mounted USB ...
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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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How to load kernel module in Chromium OS?
I've installed the Chromium Vanilla by Hexxeh to a USB drive, but I can't use it on my computer because it lacks the carl9170 driver, which is needed by my adapter (a D-Link DWA-160.)
I've managed to ...
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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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Flash disk USB Fedora installation reset counting
I have created a flash disk with pen drive Linux universal USB installer to install Fedora 18 on my system but after booting, a counter starts and then reset and never installation begin.
My system is ...
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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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Install Arch(Bang) - Create Usb - Uefi
I am pretty new to Linux and want to install ArchBang-Linux, but I fail at creating a bootable USB-Stick.
Can someone explain this procedure to me in a little more detail?
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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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Wireless Ad Hoc NAT
I got "OURLiNK 802.11n" mini USB wifi adapter for my Raspberry Pi, but I also would like to use it w/ my Scientific Linux 6.1
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Scientific Linux release 6.1 (Carbon)
$
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w_scan: no data from PAT
I'm using w_scan to get channel list for my DVB-T stick. But despite channels being found, channels.conf file is empty. I suspect Info: no data from PAT has something to do with this.
I know the ...
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Finding/Mounting USB Device in Mac OS X 10.8
I've looked all over and found similar questions and answers and none seem to work for me or match what I see. I should add I'm new to UNIX and the OS X command line but have got a basic overview to ...
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Understanding udev rules and permissions in libusb
I had a problem with my scanner. Xsane worked only as root. Using it as normal user it didn't find any devices. Adding the user to the groups saned or scanner didn't help.
Finally I solved the ...
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Changing mode preference (1x/EVDO/Hybrid) for USB modem
Device in question - Huawei HC156 (what it says on the packaging)/HC1260 (what it says in lsusb).
I CAN connect to the internet with it, but I can't change modes between 1x, EVDO, Hybrid. The option ...
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RT2800USB wireless adapter stops scanning
I have a Linux machine, and I'll switch between using an RTL8187 based card, and a RT2800USB based card (the cards are both USB dongles by the same manufacturer).
I've loaded the drivers for both ...
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WD MyBook 3TB - Gparted failed & HDD partitions recovery?
I have this new WD MyBook external HDD (USB 3.0/2.0); I created 3 partitions all of them ext3 type (~1 TB | ~1 TB | ~750 GB)
I loaded lots of files all the partitions were like ~30% full on each, and ...
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USB keyboard won't work with usbhid driver
I have an HP thin client (model t5325) which runs Debian Linux (kernel 2.6.22.18-1-armel). We are testing some kiosk keyboards from Operator Interface Technology which are presenting themselves to ...
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Make kernel detect garmin device
I'm trying to connect a usb garmin forerunner device to my system, but the usb device is not detected. I have loaded the following mods:
garmin_gps 11544 0
usbserial 25449 ...
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D-Link DWM-156 HSPA USB Modem doesn't work with SIM Card inserted
I have a D-Link DWM-156 HSPA Modem, that I bought just a few days ago. The modem has drivers in its internal storage. There are Debian Software Packages for both i386 and amd64, so obviously I ...
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Setting USB remote wakeup
We have a custom Linux board, where we are able to power the system down and only maintain USB power. This feature should be used for waking the system from an USB device.
Therefore we want to set ...
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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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Trouble communicating with FTDI FT245RL on ttyUSB0. works fine on Win7x64
I purchased a Sainsmart 4 channel USB relay board which seems to be based on a FTDI FT245RL chip. I should be easy enough to use. when you plug it in it appears as a serial port (VCP). You send it ...
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Resetting a USB cellular-modem?
I'm working on putting together a little Raspberry-Pi box which will connect to the net through a cellular-modem (like a Huawei E220, E1750, or E173). It needs to be able to sit there and run for ...
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Prevent udevd from inspecting this device?
I think this error message was from my usb mouse, how could I know that?
systemd-udevd[225]: error opening ATTR{/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/power/control} for ...
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How do you access internet in RHEL 5 using Android smartphone USB LAN?
How do you access the internet in RHEL 5 using Android smartphone USB LAN?
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USB modem recognized too slow
When I insert Huawei EC226 3G device into my debian 6 netbook it takes a minute or two to get it ready on /dev/ttyUSB0. And then I can run pppd to connect.
Is it possible to get it ready in 5-10 ...
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/sys/class/tty/ttyACM0 could not be reomved after unplugging the USB device?
I just wonder how to start debugging this issue. Usually when we unplug this device, the device mount /sys/class/tty/ttyACM0 should be removed.
I run udevadm monitor, I found there were whole sets ...
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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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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# ...
