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usb-reset

This is usb-reset, which allows you to easily perform a bus reset on a USB device using its vendor and product ID.

If the device has got confused, this may sort it out.

Usage

Reset a single device:

sudo usb-reset 0328:6f51

Reset all USB devices in one go, for even easier operation:

sudo usb-reset -a

This option does not reset USB hubs (to avoid interfering with internal hubs), if you need to reset a hub you should specify the vendor and product ID as above.

Installing

The latest source can be found at:

https://github.com/ralight/usb-reset

It only depends on libusb 1.0 and should compile anywhere libusb is supported.

On systems where snaps are supported, usb-reset can be installed from the Ubuntu Store. On Ubuntu 15.10 and earlier, or on other systems, you may need to install snapd first.

History

usb-reset was inspired by the Ubuntu Podcast episode S10E20 where a piece of code was described that did the same thing but based on usb bus and device numbers, which sounded like a pain. Getting the snap working took longer than writing the code.