Public bug reported:
The problem:
Starting usbview from the Dash or terminal gives the following error:
"Can not open the file /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices
Verify that you have USB compiled into your kernel,
have the USB core modules loaded, and have the
usbdevfs filesystem mounted.
"
Because of this, the program is not usable at all. However, the problem is not
related to anything described in that error, since usbview simply needs root
privileges to run.
The solution:
Run usbview with gksu.
The fix:
Add gksu as a dependency of usbview and modify the usbview.desktop command to
add gksu.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: usbview 2.0-2 [modified: usr/share/applications/usbview.desktop]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jun 6 08:36:41 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-04 (305 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
SourcePackage: usbview
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-21 (166 days ago)
** Affects: usbview (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty
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usbview doesn't start with sudo privileges and therefore doesnt work
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