Questions tagged [usb]
Universal Serial Bus, an industry standard for serial communication.
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Extremely slow writing to external USB disk
I have measured the transfer on the following disk to be 2.75MB/s:
iManufacturer 2 Seagate
iProduct 3 BUP Slim SL
The interface is USB2 so it should be fastered than that:
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Use Smartcard Reader on Azure Remote Desktop
What I want to achieve:
Plug a Smartcard Reader on my Laptop
Connect to my private Azure VPN
Use Remote Desktop to access a Server using User and Password, with Intelligent Card option and USBs ...
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Can't mount ntfs drive anymore ($VOLUME_INFORMATION attribute not found in $Volume)
I have a external hard drive with ntfs partition and it isn't accessible or mountable anymore. Last thing I did was a rsync copy to that usb drive. I still can see the ntfs partition with gnome-disks ...
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Looking for way to expose and extend 100s of USB connections from VM cluster(s)
We currently test a very large number of devices and we have one PC per 10 devices or so (we use two USB hubs per PC to break out to the devices). We have huge number of PCs and it's turning into a ...
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Cannot execute certain commands on SATA3 3.5" external USB disk
I mount a SATA3 3.5" disk with a USB to Sata3 cable.
When I connect the disk, my CentOS7 recognize it:
$ dmesg -T | grep USB
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[Mon Nov 5 14:38:36 2018] usb 2-5: new SuperSpeed USB device number 3 ...
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Strange USB device connection messages on /var/log/messages on Centos 7.5
I am seeing some strange USB device connect and disconnect messages in a dedicated server running CentOS 7.5. These messages appear almost every day, but they do not appear at the same time every day. ...
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What happens if a USB Ethernet Adapter has the same MAC address as the PC's network card it is connected to?
What happens if a USB Ethernet Adapter has the same MAC address as the NIC?
Is it possible for internet connection to pass through the usb-ethernet adapter succesfully or not, in that scenario?
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Can't get USB/IP to work
I have Ubuntu 16.04, and USB cash device plugged on it.
I want to share this cash device through USBIP. So I plugged this device and
usbip list --local
Then I see my device (emphasized with bold)
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mount says already mounted; umount says not mounted
My Linux server (Centos 7.5) is in a strange state with USB drives. When I try to mount a partition on a USB drive to a newly created mount point I get the error
mount: /dev/sdd1 is already mounted ...
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Which USB controller is device plugged into on ESXi host
I need to pass through a USB controller (not just the USB device) to a guest on an ESXi 6.7 host. Is there a way (without trial and error) to determine which controller a device is plugged into?
So ...
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Serial over USB during boot
I am currently trying to debug the boot sequence of Xen, and past a certain point, the only way to do it is over a serial connection. Now, on the laptop I'm using there exists no serial port nor an ...
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Serial terminal servers that work with "serial-over-USB"
I've used serial terminal servers for a long time. Basically, these are devices that allow you to communicate with a serial (eg RS232/RS485/RS422) device over ethernet in various ways. Folks in this ...
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VMware ESXi boots to black screen with only one text line: "usb"
After rebooting my server (Lenovo System X), my ESXi instance starts to boot and then hangs up after the Yellow/Grey screen. I have a black screen, with a white "usb" on top.
I found similar issue ...
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Use auto mounted USB drives in Docker container
With Ubuntu, USB drives are automatically mounted at /media/<user>/<drive> when they are plugged in. I wanted to use this to make newly connected USB drives available in a running Docker ...
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How to monitor dm-crypt on unreliable external hard disk?
I have an external USB drive, which - for whatever reason - sometimes drops out unrecoverably. Probably due to faulty cables or something. On this I have a LUKS partition.
dmesg reports
Buffer I/O ...
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KVM Ubuntu USB Passtrough
I currently try to add a Hauppauge DVR Tuner (USB) to a KVM Machine. Both (Host and Guest) are running Ubuntu.
This is my XML Guest File:
https://pastebin.com/gBvFhsXs
I already tried to follow ...
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How to get usbmount to mount to a specific folder
I use Ubuntu server to run my Plex server. I’m wondering how I can get usbmount to mount my external hard drive to a specific folder. I have two partitions /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. I need sdb2 to ...
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VMWare ESXi not recognizing usb keyboard on install
We are currently attempting to install VMWare ESXi 5.5 on a HPE proliant DL380 gen10 server. The beginning boot sequence appears that it is running fine, but when we get to the first menu option ...
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How To Mount USB External Storage Drive on to ESXi 5.5 Host for VM backup
How To Mount USD External Storage Drive on to ESXi 5.5 Host for VM backup?
After USB Drive plugin, "esxcli storage core device list" shows there is a usb drive attached. But unable to access it.
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Automatically add client USB drive to VMWare Linux virtual machine
I have this problem with adding USB devices to VMWare ESX host Linux VM in a client-level.
I know how to add device to VM by connecting USB to host or using client device by using VSphere.
But how ...
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VPN access with Junos Pulse Linux client + eToken?
Does anyone know whether the Junos PulseSecure client for Linux (5.3+) can use a USB token for VPN authentication, e.g., via pkcs11? I'm using a SafeNet (Aladdin) eToken 5110 on Windows. My impression ...
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QEMU USB Passthrough Error: libusb_set_configuration: -99 [OTHER]
I'm trying to pass through a Spectrum Digital TMS320C6713 DSK to a Windows 2000 virtual machine, and when I connect it it appears in device manager, but whenever I try to actually use the device, it ...
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USB passthrough not working using virt-manager/qemu
I have created a virtual machine using virt-manager 1.3.2 and wanted to add a USB device. However, the USB device does not show up in the guest (Debian) when using lsusb. In another virtual machine ...
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RS232 to USB extension cable to network configuration
I'm not sure this is the correct place for this question.
I have a console cable to configure network devices like switches (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41LDstMTA5L.jpg)
So, I ...
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Creating bootable USB thumb drive from PXE boot files
Looked around and Googled but could not find a similar question. It seems most people want to take a bootable USB thumb stick and convert it into a PXE boot image. I actually need to go in the ...
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Pause input counters incrementing when imaging a device through USB NIC
We keep running into issues with trying to image devices using a usb-e1000 NIC. It will get the OS on there, but then once that happens the "pause input" counter on the switch begins to increment and ...
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What consider as a full write cycle? [closed]
I have a computer that is connected to USB flash drives that automatically scan in a picture(1.3mb) every 2 mins. I am wondering if that count as a write cycle? MY stick is 128gb, so it will take ...
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KVM - Passing USB to guest with virsh/XML fails but works from virt-manager
Running kvm on debian 8.8 jessie. I cannot redirect usb from a host to a guest (tried debian jessie and windows 2012 as guests, same problem)
libvirt 1.2.9-9+deb8u4
If I redirect the USB drive ...
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Why does udevadm not provide me a disk serial number when hdparm can?
Compare:
root@home:~# hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep Serial
Serial Number: WCJ025C8
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3....
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ProLiant G7 - back USB ports two controllers or one?
I have a HP ProLiant DL380 G7. On the back of it are two USB ports side by side. Do these share a single controller?
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USB 3.0 Card for HP Proliant DL360 G7 and G8
HP's Proliant DL360 G7 and G8 have USB 2.0 compatible ports. Does anyone have any experience upgrading their G7/G8 Proliant running Windows Server 2K8 or 2K12 with one of the available PCIe cards ...
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GRUB "USB lock" for Linux Full Disk Encryption
Hy everyone.
I'm investigating the possibility of using something like USB hardware locking dongles (like these ones used for software locking and licensing) to provide the key that Grub asks for ...
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Active Directory USB access disobeying GPO
I am the administrator of a company and recently I created an Active Directory with Windows Server 2012 R2 and windows 7 computers as clients . I have a Group Policy on all users to disable usb ...
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HOW TO: Resolve HP Printer Driver Installation Issues on Windows 10
Symptoms
First off; for several HP OfficeJet Printers (such as with the HP Officejet 6500A e-All-in-One Printer - E710a) the HP Installer downloaded from the website, or via the HP Print and Scan ...
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How to prevent access to USB (non storage) device for specific program in Windows?
I need to prevent access to one USB device in Windows Server 2008 so that certain application doesn't see it at all. The application runs as Windows service which can be started with specified user ...
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How to hook an Ethernet over USB connection up to the host-Network?
I have a single board computer that I want to hook up to my lan/internet connection. The SBC doesn't have an Ethernet port, only a an embedded wireless chip which currently isn't working. But it does ...
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USB Mass Storage recognized, but SCSI block-device not showing up
The block-device of a USB mass storage does not show up in Ubuntu 16.04, while I positively can see it in Ubuntu 14.04. Question: How can I make it show up in Ubuntu 16.04?
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Both machines are ...
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Add Switchable Encrypted USB Backup Drive to Windows Server
So my boss has decided that she wants a backup USB drive for a Windows Server 2008, but it needs 2 features...
HIPPA grade encryption.
She wants it to be switchable. She wants 2 USB drives, one on ...
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Synchronize zfs pools fast
My server saves incremental backups on a zfs volume. Due to the data being very similar I can reduce the growth significantly - there is around 500GB of "new data" every day but the pool grows only ...
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Are the tty parameters stored somewhere when using screen?
Here is the story:
From a fresh install of ubuntu I use a serial to usb device. screen /dev/ttyUSB0 everything goes fine and I can interact with the device perfectly.
Then I unplug this device, plug ...
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How can I create a self extracting / self burning bootable USB image?
I need to put a bootable image of a usb stick on a website so that our users can download it and burn it to USB themselves.
They aren't especially technical, so I don't want them to have to download ...
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Quickly removable external disk unit
I am planning a Windows Server 2012 backup unit, and NAS backup could be a natural choice, however for safety reasons, the client will be forced to perform disk rotations, hence weekly the backup unit ...
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Information Security - USB Drives [closed]
I have to perform a user information security awareness audit. One of the things is to determine if user's plug in a USB device or not.
My first ideal was to have it run a auto run program that has a ...
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XenServer 7 - Duplicate the USB stick?
I have installed XenServer 7 on an usb stick like it's quite common with Esxi. I used my 64Gb stick thinking it will only use the required space and that I will be able to duplicate it later on a ...
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MDT 2013, Offline Media, cannot install to unformatted disk
Has anyone experienced this? Recently I recreated our MDT environment from MDT 2012 to MDT 2013 U2. When I create an offline media, the installation process fails just after the "Format and Partition ...
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Ubuntu Server 16 LTS no usb 2.0
After installation Ubuntu Server 16 LTS, there is no usb 2.0.
I can not connect mouse, keyboard, disc, pendrive e.t.c.
On usb 3.0 it works.
Motherboard - new Gigabyte - GA-970A-DS3P
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ESXi USB passthrough not working for Windows 2012R2 guest
A USB device (Feitian HID dongle) is physically attached to a VMWare ESXi host (5.1.0).
The USB dongle is configured in passthrough mode for a Windows 2012 R2 (VMWare Level 8) host.
The Windows host ...
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Using an LTE Dongle on a router's USB port
I know there are routers which support LTE/3G dongles (like the FRITZ!box by AVM). But if I have got a router, which officially does not suppport these dongles, but has got USB ports for NAT storage, ...
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Why does Intel have multiple Linux USB vendor IDs? [closed]
From /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids, on my system, Intel Corp. seems to have multiple USB vendor IDs:
# cat /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids | grep 'Intel Corp'
042b Intel Corp.
8086 Intel Corp.
8087 Intel ...
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How to dump usb stick with corrupt partition table?
Question at the bottom.
When I insert the 8GB usb stick I get this in dmesg
[168699.879019] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 24 using ehci-pci
[168699.994177] usb 1-4: New USB device found, ...