From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 15:19:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7534106567A for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:19:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FFDC8FC1B for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:19:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so304788yxb.13 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:19:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=OH04OiyEGsdjG6juynCqeBN3gB2agNSmGgPwwOFysk8=; b=OYOTSECGoMFFLLEpicxEUKVJwirsZskmYSc1iA8XCtfZcgxJRnIdD1q+I/wMxhyysw Yizr1tfXfzVdwfFvoaeTuZyVil12SQp9G8JunKvXlyH8bXNO4AbQ5KfJ3CNejMnrzyzd i1L43W8/E0a7ge5GK1FzozU+ARZ99PYf3Nv6M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=nwAu6BF5lb6x5QZdjgYQMMVJ2bHKOKf0QbRFGvJpawc7ywEcemiPej/SaAqtdxfCLi 3OAkZyEYGukJYwtdH2V3U0Qi3qZ9BjS2T7seO+sGLVDArVomPkXcTeMt2od0rsw/YJNn xST0ejvYdpc4XcXItSS3b9S+sTnw0KAdLlUoA= Received: by 10.151.12.4 with SMTP id p4mr5637104ybi.76.1216739969908; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:19:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.182.18 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:19:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <340a29540807220819q7ffaa6a0rad3cde8f0e9fe9ce@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:19:29 -0600 From: "Andrew Falanga" To: "Lowell Gilbert" In-Reply-To: <44bq0qc7b1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <340a29540807220721r10e36a99v1a2fa74e2bb2dfa0@mail.gmail.com> <44bq0qc7b1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Has anyone used libusb for accessing usb devices here? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:19:30 -0000 On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Andrew Falanga" writes: > >> I'd like to know if anyone here on the list has ever used libusb >> (http://libusb.sourceforge.net) for accessing usb devices. I >> successfully compiled and installed it on my FreeBSD 7 laptop but when >> I run a test program no USB HUBs are found. The same test on a Fedora >> box works fine. I was wondering what the magic is for FreeBSD since >> the web site claims the package works on FreeBSD. > > libusb is in ports, and a number of other ports use it. > (See "make search key=libusb".) > That should provide a variety of working examples. > Well, I feel like a total bafoon. I searched yesterday for it at freshports.org and turned up nothing. The reason: I was searching for "usblib" rather than "libusb." How incredibly frustrating. Thanks, Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?