Vendor and Model Name from USB Devices

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

QPrinterInfo::availablePrinters ()

Is there similar command for USB key?

Thanks

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

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.

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

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How can I use QtDBUS and HAL

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I don't understand the question. What do you mean "how"?

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or /sys/bus/usb/interface?

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

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I didn't found any examples of doing so.

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You probably looked in the wrong place. Did you look here?
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal

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Could you please provide me a minimal example on how to do this?

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No, I can't, I don't have time to dig into the structure of HAL.

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I've never worked with QtDBus before.

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