Vendor and Model Name from USB Devices

[NoRulez]

Hey @all,

is there a way to get the vendor name and the model of a printer?
If I connect a Printer via USB i see the vendor name and the model in the /var/log/messages. E.g.: Hewlett Packard LaserJet 1600C

Best Regards NoRulez

[yogeshgokul]

QPrinterInfo::availablePrinters ()

[SunnySan]

Is there similar command for USB key?

Thanks

[NoRulez]

Thanks, but what i must do for USB sticks, mouse, keyboard and so on?
The Printer was only an example. Maybe i can do so with QtDBus? And when, how?

Best Regards
NoRulez

[wysota]

You can detect some things through HAL or you can use the /sys/bus/usb/ interface. Of course there is also libusb and lsusb as an example of its use.

[NoRulez]

How can I use QtDBUS and HAL or /sys/bus/usb/interface?

I didn't found any examples of doing so.
Could you please provide me a minimal example on how to do this?
I've never worked with QtDBus before.

Thanks in advance

Best Regards
NoRulez

[wysota]

How can I use QtDBUS and HAL
I don't understand the question. What do you mean "how"?

or /sys/bus/usb/interface?
This is an artificial filesystem tree containing (beside other things) information reported by usb devices (like the device name, vendor, etc.).


I didn't found any examples of doing so.
You probably looked in the wrong place. Did you look here?
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal


Could you please provide me a minimal example on how to do this?
No, I can't, I don't have time to dig into the structure of HAL.

I've never worked with QtDBus before.

Even the longest journey begins with the single first step. Using dbus is simple, just try the examples.