usbview: Can not open /proc/bus/usb/devices

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:52:56 -0600
Brad Sims <bmsims1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Package: usbview
> Version: 1.0-11
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> 
> I am using the ubuntu kernel for Intrepid and it doesn't work... there
> is no /proc/bus/usb/devices file, and from reading previous bugs
> against this package there is no one who cares that this package
> doesn't actually work.
> 
> I'd like to see it either fixed, or removed from the archives.
> 
> If nothing else whoever reads this: tag it won't/can't fix.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>   APT prefers intrepid-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'intrepid-updates'), (500, 'intrepid-security'),
> (500, 'intrepid-proposed'), (500, 'intrepid-backports'), (500,
> 'intrepid') Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages usbview depends on:
> ii  libatk1.0-0        1.24.0-0ubuntu1       The ATK accessibility
> toolkit ii  libc6              2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7 GNU C Library:
> Shared libraries ii  libcairo2          1.8.0-0ubuntu1.1      The
> Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii  libfontconfig1
> 2.6.0-1ubuntu4        generic font configuration library ii
> libglib2.0-0       2.18.2-0ubuntu2       The GLib library of C
> routines ii  libgtk2.0-0        2.14.4-0ubuntu1       The GTK+
> graphical user interface ii  libpango1.0-0      1.22.2-0ubuntu1
> Layout and rendering of internatio ii  libx11-6
> 2:1.1.5-2ubuntu1.1    X11 client-side library ii  libxcomposite1
> 1:0.4.0-3             X11 Composite extension library ii
> libxcursor1        1:1.1.9-1             X cursor management library
> ii  libxdamage1        1:1.1.1-4             X11 damaged region
> extension libra ii  libxext6           2:1.0.4-1             X11
> miscellaneous extension librar ii  libxfixes3
> 1:4.0.3-2             X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii
> libxi6             2:1.1.3-2build1       X11 Input extension library
> ii  libxinerama1       2:1.0.3-2             X11 Xinerama extension
> library ii  libxrandr2         2:1.2.3-1             X11 RandR
> extension library ii  libxrender1        1:0.9.4-2             X
> Rendering Extension client libra
> 
> usbview recommends no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 

Can you file this on launchpad? I know the system sent it to the users
mailing list, but it never gets worked if it stays here. 

The right place to file bug reports is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

That will give the developers a chance to see if they can fix it.

Thanks.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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