Michael Hennebry wrote:
Is there a way to ask fedora what kind of USB ports it thinks it has? Preferably before plugging something into one.
$ apropos USB QStatusBar [qstatusbar] (3qt) - Horizontal bar suitable for presenting status information aiptek (4x) - Aiptek USB Digital Tablet Input Driver for Linux fxload (8) - Firmware download to EZ-USB devices lsusb (8) - list all USB devices sane-canon630u (5) - SANE backend for the Canon 630u USB flatbed scanner sane-find-scanner (1) - find SCSI and USB scanners and their device files sane-gt68xx (5) - SANE backend for GT-68XX based USB flatbed scanners sane-ma1509 (5) - SANE backend for Mustek BearPaw 1200F USB scanner sane-mustek_usb (5) - SANE backend for Mustek USB flatbed scanners sane-plustek (5) - SANE backend for Plustek parallel port and LM983[1/2/3] based USB flatbed scanners sane-sm3600 (5) - SANE backend for Microtek scanners with M011 USB chip sane-usb (5) - USB configuration tips for SANE usbmodules (8) - List kernel driver modules available for a plugged in USB device $ man lsusb [information about lsusb -v] $
Mike