On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:40:04PM -0600, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [mailto:h...@debian.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:19 PM > > Subject: Re: reinserting USB plug via software
> > rmmod uhci-hcd; rmmod ehci-hcd; sleep 1; modprobe ehci-hcd; \ > > modprobe uhci-hcd > > > > (you may also need ohci-hcd, but the above is the most common setup) > > > > If you do something stupid with that, like running it with usb-storage > > filesystems mounted, and the kernel happens to let you do it, you may > > suffer data-loss. You have been warned. It will bring down > > (logically) all USB buses, then bring them up again. > > Wait. It will bring down _all_ USB buses? Hrm. I think I will just stick > with unplugging and plugging it back in. Alternatively: rmmod usb_storage (but this will also disconnect other USB disks) See also the following: http://blog.andrew.net.au/2009/01/17#usb_power_control2 Maybe it will provide you some hints, though it seems to deal with devices that are USB hubs themselves. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org