This didn't work in my intrepid. If I try it manually as root I get:
$echo 2 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/1-2/bConfigurationValue
bash: /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/1-2/bConfigurationValue: Permission denied
$ ls -la /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/1-2/bConfigurationValue
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2008-12-01 09:36 /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/1-2/bConfigurationValue
This didn't work in my intrepid. If I try it manually as root I get: usb/devices/ usb1/1- 2/bConfiguratio nValue usb/devices/ usb1/1- 2/bConfiguratio nValue: Permission denied usb/devices/ usb1/1- 2/bConfiguratio nValue usb/devices/ usb1/1- 2/bConfiguratio nValue
$echo 2 > /sys/bus/
bash: /sys/bus/
$ ls -la /sys/bus/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2008-12-01 09:36 /sys/bus/