USB detection

raysr · 06-29-2005, 12:57 PM

Mandriva seems to have a problem dectecting any usb device. Mouse, printer, external sound card. Is this something I can fix? Thanks.

kencaz · 06-29-2005, 01:11 PM

Check the Man pages for "hotplug" located in /etc/init.d/hotplug

$ man hotplug

There you can get status, start and stop services such as USB autodetect...

KC

gnukish · 06-29-2005, 01:14 PM

Login as root before typing the command.
Type kudzu, its a hardware detection/config tool that comes with almost every linux distro(but its given by redhat)

Code:

root@localhost root $ kudzu

To know more about , kudzu, read the man pages.

Code:

root@localhost root $ man kudzu

After typing man kudzu , press enter. the manual page will be displayed.

You would also want to , have a look at this thread :

Quote:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...41#post1721141

Regards

raysr · 06-29-2005, 05:21 PM

kudzu- command not found

gnukish · 06-29-2005, 11:36 PM

kudzu, not found .... You can try hotplug as suggested by kencaz

raysr · 06-30-2005, 12:34 AM

I went into MCC and turned on hotplug but it still won't detect a usb mouse. Somehow I got the mouse messed up, what a deal that was to fix.

gnukish · 07-03-2005, 01:31 PM

There is a converter for ps/2 to usb. Why dont u buy it.... this way u wont have to go the hard way ... sorry if this suggestion is stupid.

raysr · 07-03-2005, 09:29 PM

Thanks for the reply. Yep, I have the adapter, just wanted to see if usb mouse would work the way it should work.