[Off Topic] Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/28/21 11:59 AM, George N. White III wrote: Now I encounter confusion when I ask that  posts in scientific forums copy and paste text from the "terminal" into a post because their screen snapshot is difficult to read and cuts off critical information at the end of a long line. BTDT. Once,

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-28 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 at 03:05, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/27/21 10:10 PM, Tim via users wrote: > > I could argue that it's not a terminal. Old enough computer guys will > > tell you what a terminal really is. :-p > > The first computer I ever programmed was an IBM 1620 Mod 2 back in '68. > Does t

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-28 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-10-28 00:56, Tim via users wrote: Tim: I've noticed things turn up in dmesg that don't turn up in /var/log/messages Samuel Sieb: /var/log/messages is legacy, I don't even have that file on my computer. I know, but I do, on purpose. Because: "journalctl" will show you everythin

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-28 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> I've noticed things turn up in dmesg that don't turn up in >> /var/log/messages Samuel Sieb: > /var/log/messages is legacy, I don't even have that file on my > computer. I know, but I do, on purpose. Because: > "journalctl" will show you everything. Is a right bastard to deal with.

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/27/21 10:10 PM, Tim via users wrote: I could argue that it's not a terminal. Old enough computer guys will tell you what a terminal really is. :-p The first computer I ever programmed was an IBM 1620 Mod 2 back in '68. Does that make me an old enough computer guy? ___

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/27/21 21:08, Tim via users wrote: On Wed, 2021-10-27 at 20:47 +1100, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: It is simpler to just: tail -f /var/log/messages I've noticed things turn up in dmesg that don't turn up in /var/log/messages /var/log/messages is legacy, I don't even have that file o

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Open another command line window, plug it in, and run dmesg in the >> second window. Joe Zeff: > Save yourself some typing and use the proper name: terminal. I could argue that it's not a terminal. Old enough computer guys will tell you what a terminal really is. :-p -- uname -rsvp

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Tim via users
On Wed, 2021-10-27 at 20:47 +1100, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: > It is simpler to just: tail -f /var/log/messages I've noticed things turn up in dmesg that don't turn up in /var/log/messages -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.45.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 13 17:20:51 UTC 2021 x86_64 Boi

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/27/21 2:01 AM, Tim via users wrote: Open another command line window, plug it in, and run dmesg in the second window. Save yourself some typing and use the proper name: terminal. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubsc

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 at 06:54, Philip Rhoades via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Samuel, > > > On 2021-10-27 19:31, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 2021-10-26 10:10, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: > >> I am getting nothing recorded in /var/log/messages when I plug in the > >> GoPro and

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Roger Heflin
Note, from my experience the micro usb plug was the worst usb plug ever. (commonly used for charging/data). It seems to wear out and stop working on the device end (ie the expensive end). I had to get a wireless charge for my last phone with micro usb because even with a new cable you physically

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Philip Rhoades via users
Samuel, On 2021-10-27 19:31, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-10-26 10:10, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: I am getting nothing recorded in /var/log/messages when I plug in the GoPro and push its power button (plugging in any other USB device is working of course) so maybe it is the USB port on the

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Philip Rhoades via users
Tim, On 2021-10-27 19:01, Tim via users wrote: On Wed, 2021-10-27 at 04:10 +1100, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: I am getting nothing recorded in /var/log/messages when I plug in the GoPro and push its power button (plugging in any other USB device is working of course) so maybe it is the USB

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-10-26 10:10, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: I am getting nothing recorded in /var/log/messages when I plug in the GoPro and push its power button (plugging in any other USB device is working of course) so maybe it is the USB port on the camera that is the problem? - is there any way to

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-27 Thread Tim via users
On Wed, 2021-10-27 at 04:10 +1100, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: > I am getting nothing recorded in /var/log/messages when I plug in > the GoPro and push its power button (plugging in any other USB device > is working of course) so maybe it is the USB port on the camera that > is the problem? - i

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-26 Thread Philip Rhoades via users
Samuel, On 2021-10-27 11:22, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-10-26 10:10, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: I didn't get a response to my previous Q re an apparent problem with getting gphoto2 to work with my GoPro Hero 4 Session camera - I hadn't used the camera for a while and I thought maybe the

Re: Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-10-26 10:10, Philip Rhoades via users wrote: I didn't get a response to my previous Q re an apparent problem with getting gphoto2 to work with my GoPro Hero 4 Session camera - I hadn't used the camera for a while and I thought maybe the Fedora upgrades since then were the cause of the p

Debugging USB device issues

2021-10-26 Thread Philip Rhoades via users
People, I didn't get a response to my previous Q re an apparent problem with getting gphoto2 to work with my GoPro Hero 4 Session camera - I hadn't used the camera for a while and I thought maybe the Fedora upgrades since then were the cause of the problem - but maybe the problem is actually