Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:19:05PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to get a USB device working. In lsusb the ID shows up, but the name of the device does not. Is this an indication that the driver is not properly installed? For instance, this is how functioning devices look in lsusb:

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-13 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:13 +0100 Florian Kulzer florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es wrote: ... The kernel seems to use the information in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias to decide which module(s) to try for a given device. AFAIK, this information is generated/updated by running

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
No, it only means that this combination of vendor ID 104f (WB Electronics) and device ID 0006 (Infinity Smart) is not listed in your /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids file. You can run update-usbids to get the newest version. The contents of the usb.ids have no influence on the process by which the

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Aioanei Rares
Dotan Cohen wrote: No, it only means that this combination of vendor ID 104f (WB Electronics) and device ID 0006 (Infinity Smart) is not listed in your /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids file. You can run update-usbids to get the newest version. The contents of the usb.ids have no influence on the

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
Are you able to use the device? No, but I am not sure if the problem is with the device drivers or with the software that I am trying to use to operate it. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read all

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Aioanei Rares
Dotan Cohen wrote: Are you able to use the device? No, but I am not sure if the problem is with the device drivers or with the software that I am trying to use to operate it. Please detail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
Please detail. I am trying to use this device with the drivers and software from the same site: http://www.infinityusb.com/default.asp?show=productsdetailProductID=12 When I run the ntfytool it tells me that it cannot find the device. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:18:30 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: No, it only means that this combination of vendor ID 104f (WB Electronics) and device ID 0006 (Infinity Smart) is not listed in your /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids file. You can run update-usbids to get the newest version. The contents of the

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Aioanei Rares
Dotan Cohen wrote: Please detail. I am trying to use this device with the drivers and software from the same site: http://www.infinityusb.com/default.asp?show=productsdetailProductID=12 When I run the ntfytool it tells me that it cannot find the device. So you did what is specified

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
So you did what is specified in here : http://www.infinityusb.com/default.asp?show=supportdetailProductID=12SupportID=27 Right? Yes, we installed the Linux modules on the devices as instructed on that page, but when connecting them to the Linux box there are no '/dev/usb/tts/0' or

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Aioanei Rares
Dotan Cohen wrote: So you did what is specified in here : http://www.infinityusb.com/default.asp?show=supportdetailProductID=12SupportID=27 Right? Yes, we installed the Linux modules on the devices as instructed on that page, but when connecting them to the Linux box there are no

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
Yes, we installed the Linux modules on the devices as instructed on that page, but when connecting them to the Linux box there are no '/dev/usb/tts/0' or '/dev/ttyusb0'. And you , of course, modprobe'd them? No :) I've never had to install drivers before, everything has just worked with my

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Aioanei Rares
Dotan Cohen wrote: Yes, we installed the Linux modules on the devices as instructed on that page, but when connecting them to the Linux box there are no '/dev/usb/tts/0' or '/dev/ttyusb0'. And you , of course, modprobe'd them? No :) I've never had to install drivers before,

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
Well, once you compile a driver, you have to load it, which is done by modprobe. Removing is modprobe -r. man modprobe and man lsmod are a good start. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:18:30 +0200 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: No, it only means that this combination of vendor ID 104f (WB Electronics) and device ID 0006 (Infinity Smart) is not listed in your /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids file. You can run update-usbids to get the newest

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 14:12:37 -0500, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:18:30 +0200 Dotan Cohen wrote: [...] If after running sudo update-usbids.sh the device name is still not shown, is that a sign that the driver is not properly installed? As others (Florian) have explained, no.

How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
I am trying to get a USB device working. In lsusb the ID shows up, but the name of the device does not. Is this an indication that the driver is not properly installed? For instance, this is how functioning devices look in lsusb: Bus 005 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 11 March 2010 22:50, Florian Kulzer florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es wrote: No, it only means that this combination of vendor ID 104f (WB Electronics) and device ID 0006 (Infinity Smart) is not listed in your /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids file. You can run update-usbids to get the newest version.

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 22:19:05 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to get a USB device working. In lsusb the ID shows up, but the name of the device does not. Is this an indication that the driver is not properly installed? For instance, this is how functioning devices look in lsusb:

Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?

2010-03-11 Thread Harold R. Grove
debian-user@lists.debian.org writes: I am trying to get a USB device working. In lsusb the ID shows up, but the name of the device does not. Is this an indication that the driver is not properly installed? For instance, this is how functioning devices look in lsusb: Bus 005 Device 003: ID