OS X USB bus scan
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- wade
Is there somewhere I can scan the USB ports in OS X? I have a MS mouse hooked up to my iBook but it's not turning on when I plug it in. Only if I restart.
- ********0
same thing used to happen when i was running os x w a ms mouse.
- wade0
Were you able to find a fix? It seems like you should be able to scan the USB bus through the Terminal.
- sparker0
you could run 'dmesg' in your shell term to see what the kernel says.
but, this will only capture stdout for boot processes.
but, if the device is panicing during the boot, you'll find it there.
you should also check your system logs.
does os x have the "lspci" utility like linux?
if so, that will tell you everything currently running, hardware wise.
- one2meny0
probably already dealt with it, but if you ever want to check anything connected to your computer, through whatever bus/interface, use the Apple System Profiler. I experience the same problem with my iBook now that I've updated to 10.3.8.
- ribit0
Its not usually needed, but you could try installing the Intellimouse software if it is a Microsoft mouse.
- wade0
Yeah, I tried both installing the Intellimouse software AND looking at the System profiler.
- sparker0
yes, but did you check your logs and such.
gui tools aren't always the best way to diagnose problems on unix/linux based systems.