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Date:      Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:48:47 +0200
From:      Tijl Coosemans <tijl@ulyssis.org>
To:        Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Has anyone used libusb for accessing usb devices here?
Message-ID:  <200807231148.49746.tijl@ulyssis.org>
In-Reply-To: <200807222220.10176.af300wsm@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 23 July 2008 06:20:09 Andrew Falanga wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 08:38:58 Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>> "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> writes:
>>> I'd like to know if anyone here on the list has ever used libusb
>>> (http://libusb.sourceforge.net) for accessing usb devices.  I
>>> successfully compiled and installed it on my FreeBSD 7 laptop but
>>> when I run a test program no USB HUBs are found.  The same test on
>>> a Fedora box works fine.  I was wondering what the magic is for
>>> FreeBSD since the web site claims the package works on FreeBSD.
>>
>> libusb is in ports, and a number of other ports use it.
>> (See "make search key=libusb".)
>> That should provide a variety of working examples.
> 
> Ok, I've installed from the ports collection this time (at home now
> on my 6.2p11 box) and I'm seeing busses in my computer.  However,
> when I plug in my USB thumb drive, a Sandisk Cruizer Micro that the
> kernel does see as da0 (verified in /var/log/messages), I don't get
> any devices shown.

I'm not entirely sure, but it's possible it only shows ugen devices.



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