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lea_b

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From: Argentina

Registered: 2010-10-07

Posts: 19

lsusb: cannot open "/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids", No such file or direct

hi guys.

I have an issue with my arch (recently fresh install)

when I do lsusb this happens

lsusb: cannot open "/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids", No such file or directory
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 04e8:689e 
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 058f:6364 
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04b8:0841 
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0458:003a 

I try reinstall usbutils n´ libusb but it´s still the same

What happens??

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,700

Re: lsusb: cannot open "/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids", No such file or direct

ewaller@odin:/usr/share/hwdata 1005 %pacman -Qo /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids 
/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids is owned by hwids 20120512-1
ewaller@odin:/usr/share/hwdata 1006 %

Try installing  hwids, but before you do, why don't you check to see if it is installed, because it should be:

ewaller@odin:/usr/share/hwdata 1006 %pacman -Qi hwids     
Name           : hwids
Version        : 20120512-1
URL            : https://github.com/Flameeyes/hwids
Licenses       : GPL2
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : None
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : pciutils  udev  usbutils
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 1200.00 KiB
Packager       : Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>
Architecture   : any
Build Date     : Sun 20 May 2012 03:29:30 PM PDT
Install Date   : Tue 22 May 2012 09:55:36 AM PDT
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Description    : hardware identification databases

ewaller@odin:/usr/share/hwdata 1007 %

Edit:  Any chance that a volume that provides /usr/share is not mounted?

Last edited by ewaller (2012-05-31 15:51:39)

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tomegun

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From: France

Registered: 2010-05-28

Posts: 661

Re: lsusb: cannot open "/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids", No such file or direct

Make sure your system is up to date: "pacman -Syu". hwids should be pulled in by usbutils...

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: lsusb: cannot open "/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids", No such file or direct

Reinstall hwids, and don't use -f, --force with upgrades.

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