Can someone explain the output from lsusb here?

Thu Jul 2 14:29:13 UTC 2009

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Karl Auer wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 07:29 -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>> Colin Law wrote:
>>> I think the OP was hoping for an explanation of the output from lsusb,
> 
> Yes, that is exactly what I was after.
> 
> The lsusb output appears to show at least six ports ready to go, but
> only two seem to work. If someone who actually knows what they are
> talking about could have a go at explaining the original lsusb output in
> simple terms, I'd be most grateful.

	It would help if you included YOUR lsusb output. What it seems to say
is there were 6 ports, and 3 devices, because USB is 2 ports per devise.


> 
> Any theories as to why only two of the six USB ports are working, or how
> I could diagnose further, would also be welcome...

	Since Linux finds all 6 ports and you can get only 2 working tells me
your new computer is broke and you should send it back!


73 Karl


> 
> Regards, K.
> (the *other* Karl)
> 
> 


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