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On: Wed Feb 16 15:55:01 CET 2011

Dear Gid Staff,
we've followed your suggestions but it still doesn't work, please let me
know how a workaround. Maybe just convert to machine license (it would be
a pity).

Best regards

> Hi,
>
> a clarification:
>
> in /media you can find the contents of the usb drive, but GiD needs
> actually
> to look into /proc/bus/usb/devices to get the serial number of the usb
> device, which is where all the information about the usb device (not its
> data) is.
>
>
>
> Miguel Pasenau
>
>
>
> De: gidlist-bounces at listas.cimne.upc.edu
> [mailto:gidlist-bounces at listas.cimne.upc.edu] En nombre de Enrique
> Escolano
> Enviado el: miércoles, 03 de noviembre de 2010 13:18
> Para: gidlist at listas.cimne.upc.edu
> Asunto: Re: [GiDlist] (no subject)
>
>
>
> Maybe this F.A.Q. answer your question:
> (http://www.gidhome.com/component/manual/21079?id=21079)
>
>
>
> GiD doesn't detect the USB memory stick
>
>
> When oppening the "Help -> Register GiD ...", if some USB memory stick is
> plugged, a "Sysinfo selection" window must be opened to ask the user which
> device can be registered.
> in some Linux distributions (e.g. Suse 10.x) the USB device is not
> detected,
> and this "Sysinfo selection" is not opened.
>
>
> This is because /proc/bus/usb is not automatically mounted, it can be
> manually mounted (as root user) with
>
>
>
> mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
>
>
>
> Note: It's possible to automatize it adding to the /etc/fstab file
> something
> like this:
>
>
>
> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
>
>
>
> Note: OpenSuSE 10.2 does not have this support by default and the kernel
> should be recompiled or a patch should be applied. More information can be
> found here:  <http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:VMware_-_USB_support>
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:VMware_-_USB_support
> Note: Ubuntu 8.04.1 does not mount /proc/bus/usb automatically, so it
> should
> be done by hand or added to the /etc/fstab file, as explained above.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Enrique Escolano
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
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>
> To: < <mailto:gidlist at listas.cimne.upc.edu> gidlist at listas.cimne.upc.edu>
>
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 1:31 PM
>
> Subject: [GiDlist] (no subject)
>
>
>
>> Dear GiD Staff,
>> I've install GiD 10 under ubuntu 10 in /opt folder. I have a usb
>> license,
>> I cannot register because GiD is trying to look up for my usb device in
>> /proc/bus/usb while all my pendrives are listed in /media.
>> What should I do?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrea Petronio
>> Ph.D. Student
>> Dep of Civil and Environmental Engineering
>> University of Trieste,
>> P.le Europa 1, 34100 Trieste, Italy
>> Lab tel: +39-040-558-7803
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-- 
Andrea Petronio
Ph.D. Student
Dep of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Trieste,
P.le Europa 1, 34100 Trieste, Italy
Lab tel: +39-040-558-7803
Lab fax: +39-040-572082
mobile: +39-393-9350398
e-mail: apetroni at ictp.it

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