On Tuesday 21 September 2004 14:09, Lanman wrote: > H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 05:27, Lanman wrote: > >>Just out of curiosity, how do I determine which USB device port it's > >>attached to? USBview had lots of info about the unit, but doesn't > >>clearly state the device settings to use, - ie; it doesn't say anything > >>about which device to assign for the IRDA to USB bridge like > >>"proc/dev/usb/???", so i can't accurately point it to a spcific port > >>designation. > > > > Don't know about this specific device but, when hooking up any new usb > > device I always have a konsole open with "tail -f /var/log/messages" > > running. That way I can see where it's getting connected....errr, most of > > the time:) > > Well,...Here's what I got from the tail command; > > Sep 21 08:49:33 daboss kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3 > Sep 21 08:49:47 daboss kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: wakeup > Sep 21 08:49:48 daboss kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using > address 4 > Sep 21 08:49:48 daboss kernel: SigmaTel STIr4200 IRDA/USB found at > address 4, Vendor: 66f, Product: 4200 > Sep 21 08:49:48 daboss kernel: IrDA: Registered SigmaTel device irda0 > > This was displayed after removing and re-connecting the IRDA dongle, but > how do I interpret the information into a specific path to a device - > ie; /proc/bus/usb/device port and address? > > I'd like to be able to assign a specific address to this thing if > possible. Can you tell I'm not big on USB? Grin!
It is in the message "Registered SigmaTel device irda0" It has been registered as /dev/irda0 derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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