---
name: "usbmgr.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "usbmgr"
version: "1.0.0-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/usbmgr.conf"
---

# usbmgr.conf(5)

Config file for usbmgr

## NAME

usbmgr.conf - Config file for usbmgr

## DESCRIPTION

*usbmgr.conf* is the main configuration file for **usbmgr** daemon, it has the proper entries to support a wide list of USB devices and the required usb kernel module to make them work.

Standard **usbmgr** distribution already has a list of well known devices and their proper entries, so you don't need to edit it to have it working.

In case you want or need to add a new device, you can do it with the help of **dump\_usbdev**, it aids you in writing *usbmgr.conf*. After usbmgr has been started, running **dump\_usbdev** will dump infomation about all attached devices in a format suitable for *usbmgr.conf*.

If you connect USB devices to your USB HUB, you'll see a line like the following.

```
-------------------------------------------------------------
class 0x9 subclass 0x0 protocol 0x0 module <module_name>
-------------------------------------------------------------
```

"class 0x9" means USB HUB. If no USB devices are connected, only the root HUB will appear. Modifying "\<module\_name\>" would make the configuration for this device(HUB) complete. In the case of a HUB, you should change "module\_name" to "none" because the HUB driver is included in usbcore.

After a USB mouse has been connected to the HUB, running **dump\_usbdev** will give you the following.

```
-------------------------------------------------------------
class 0x9 subclass 0x0 protocol 0x0 module <module_name>
vendor 0x56e product 0x4 module <module_name>
-------------------------------------------------------------
```

The 2nd line is new. This is the infomation about the USB mouse. The USB mouse requires the "hid" and "mousedev" drivers. So, "\<module\_name\>" should be changed to "hid , mousedev". So the complete *usbmgr.conf* entry would look like this:

```
-------------------------------------------------------------
class 0x9 subclass 0x0 protocol 0x0 module none
vendor 0x56e product 0x4 module hid , mousedev
-------------------------------------------------------------
```

You should copy this into */etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf*, and then run **update\_usbdb** to create the configuration data.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

None.

## AUTHOR

Shuu Yamaguchi \<shuu@wondernetworkresources.com\>

This manual page was written by Rudy Godoy \<rudy@kernel-panik.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

[**dump\_usbdev**(8)](/dump_usbdev/8.md), [**update\_usbdb**(8)](/update_usbdb/8.md), **usbmgr**(5)