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Re: How to know if USB device has driver properly installed?



On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:19:05PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I am trying to get a USB device working. In lsusb the ID shows up, but
> the name of the device does not. Is this an indication that the driver
> is not properly installed?
> 
> For instance, this is how functioning devices look in lsusb:
> Bus 005 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
> 
> However, the device that I need to operate does not show the name,
> only the beginning of the line like this:
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 104f:0006
> 
> Does that mean that the device driver is not properly installed?

Basically what you ask for is the USB equivalent of lspci -k . Sadly
there's no such thing.

A quick search (usb 413c:8126 linux) brings up
http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/BT_HCIUSB.html

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