usbmgr(8)

usbmgr8

Daemon to load/unload usb modules

Usage

usbmgr [-Vdnph] [-D n] [-c file] [-t time]

Overview

The usbmgr daemon takes care of loading and unloading USB kernel modules when necessary.

When USB devices connect to or disconnect from a USB hub, the usbmgr works as follows, according to configuration:

a)

It loads and unloads Linux kernel modules.

b)

It executes files to setup USB devices.

Options

-V

Prints version and exits.

-d

Debug mode. Implies -n.

-n

Non daemon execution mode.

-p

Don't create PID file.

-h

Print usage and exit.

-b

Don't beep.

-D n

Turn on debug mode, where n is the debug level.

-c file

Specify alternate configuration file.

-t time

Specify polling time in microseconds.

Files

/etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf
/etc/usbmgr/network
/etc/usbmgr/preload.conf

Environment

None.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0

-D since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -V since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -b since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -c since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -d since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -h since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -n since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -p since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -t since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

Author

Shuu Yamaguchi <[email protected]>

This manual page was written by Esteban Manchado Velázquez <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From usbmgr 1.0.0-5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.