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Graphical lsusb?
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Yousuf Khan
2010-08-06 00:59:31 UTC
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Is there a graphical replacement for LSUSB? Something similar to the old
USB Device Viewer under Windows?

Yousuf Khan
John F. Morse
2010-08-06 01:20:05 UTC
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Post by Yousuf Khan
Is there a graphical replacement for LSUSB? Something similar to the
old USB Device Viewer under Windows?
Yousuf Khan
Why would you think lsusb needs to be replaced with some graphical
bloatware?

It is fine as it is. It's all text. No glitzy graphics to awe over.

If you insist on pictures use:

sudo lshw -html > ~/Desktop/lshw.html

Then open that file with your browser of choice (you know, the thing you
use for Facebook, Twitter, GoogleGroups, GMail, ...).
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Josef Moellers
2010-08-06 06:46:16 UTC
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Post by Yousuf Khan
Is there a graphical replacement for LSUSB? Something similar to the
old USB Device Viewer under Windows?
Yousuf Khan
Why would you think lsusb needs to be replaced with some graphical
bloatware?
It is fine as it is. It's all text. No glitzy graphics to awe over.
sudo lshw -html > ~/Desktop/lshw.html
Then open that file with your browser of choice (you know, the thing you
use for Facebook, Twitter, GoogleGroups, GMail, ...).
Nice.
There's one major disadvantage, though:
My external USB disk is shown as scsi:1/disk rather than as
usb:2/device:5 (or something like that).

usbview did show it the latter way.

Josef
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Yousuf Khan
2010-08-12 20:26:22 UTC
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Post by John F. Morse
Post by Yousuf Khan
Is there a graphical replacement for LSUSB? Something similar to the
old USB Device Viewer under Windows?
Yousuf Khan
Why would you think lsusb needs to be replaced with some graphical
bloatware?
Because they are not all bloatware. Sometimes you just want to see a
quick tree overview of the system, and then click on the branches to get
details about each item as needed.


Yousuf Khan
Mike Easter
2010-08-06 01:26:52 UTC
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Is there a graphical replacement for LSUSB? Something similar to the old
USB Device Viewer under Windows?
Front page for Linux USB http://www.linux-usb.org/

Tools frame for that site http://www.linux-usb.org/tools.html

USBView page http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/ USBView is a GTK program
that displays the topography of the devices that are plugged into the
USB bus

USBView screenshot
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No USBView in my Mint repos

Debs for usbview http://snipr.com/109pvx

Dapper usbview page http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/usbview
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Yousuf Khan
2010-08-12 20:23:07 UTC
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Post by Yousuf Khan
Is there a graphical replacement for LSUSB? Something similar to the
old USB Device Viewer under Windows?
Front page for Linux USB http://www.linux-usb.org/
Tools frame for that site http://www.linux-usb.org/tools.html
USBView page http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/ USBView is a GTK program
that displays the topography of the devices that are plugged into the
USB bus
USBView screenshot
http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/usbview-screenshot-1.0.jpg
No USBView in my Mint repos
Debs for usbview http://snipr.com/109pvx
Dapper usbview page http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/usbview
Great, that seems like what I'm looking for.

Yousuf Khan
Chris Ahlstrom
2010-08-12 22:18:31 UTC
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Post by Yousuf Khan
Post by Mike Easter
Post by Yousuf Khan
Is there a graphical replacement for LSUSB? Something similar to the
old USB Device Viewer under Windows?
Front page for Linux USB http://www.linux-usb.org/
Tools frame for that site http://www.linux-usb.org/tools.html
USBView page http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/ USBView is a GTK program
that displays the topography of the devices that are plugged into the
USB bus
USBView screenshot
http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/usbview-screenshot-1.0.jpg
No USBView in my Mint repos
Debs for usbview http://snipr.com/109pvx
Dapper usbview page http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/usbview
Great, that seems like what I'm looking for.
Yousuf Khan
I had to

mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb

before it would work.

In /etc/fstab,

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
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Yousuf Khan
2010-08-14 15:34:48 UTC
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Post by Chris Ahlstrom
I had to
mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
That doesn't seem to work for me. Under /proc/bus directory, there is no
usb subdirectory. Should I create one?
Post by Chris Ahlstrom
before it would work.
In /etc/fstab,
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
How does lsusb get USB information? Is it different than how usbview
gets it?

Yousuf Khan

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