Ubuntu
usbutils package

lsusb -t does not work

Bug #267459 reported by Eli Osherovich
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #159189: lsusb : Fix or remove -t option. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: usbutils

The file /proc/bus/usb/devices does not exist in recent distros.
Hence, trying to run 'lsusb -t' I get the following error message:
cannot open /proc/bus/usb/devices, No such file or directory (2)

Revision history for this message
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

I can confirm this bug.

chr1s@chris-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy usbutils
usbutils:
  Installed: 0.73-5ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.73-5ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.73-5ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
chr1s@chris-desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
chr1s@chris-desktop:~$ lsusb -t
cannot open /proc/bus/usb/devices, No such file or directory (2)
chr1s@chris-desktop:~$ sudo lsusb -t
[sudo] password for chr1s:
cannot open /proc/bus/usb/devices, No such file or directory (2)

Changed in usbutils:
status: New → Confirmed
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

This is actually a duplicate of bug 159189, which is fixed in Intrepid

Changed in usbutils:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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