Ubuntu – Tool to list USB devices as tree in shell

lsusbusbusbview

Is there any tool which lists the controller, hubs and devices of USB subsystem in their tree structure at the shell?

lsusb lists flatly and does not show all the details. usbview has a GUI, but shows the tree structure and all details of the devices. Any tool that shows whatever usbview does, but at the shell?

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lsusb -t

This also shows the current speed, so you can see e. g. keybaord and mouse with 12 Mbps.

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Ubuntu – Some devices don’t work on 3.0 USB port

You didn't say which version of Ubuntu you are using. USB 3.0 is problematic (buggy) in all versions prior to 12.04 in my personal experience.

Your best options may be to upgrade to 12.04 (or upgrade your kernel to at least 3.2).

Ubuntu – USB devices not detected

You might have been affected by this bug. Updating to a newer kernel may solve your issue.

Find your Ubuntu installation's architecture.
Run uname -m. If it returns i386 or i686, then it's i386 (32-bit); if it returns x86_64 or amd64, then it's amd64 (64-bit).

Download the latest mainline stable kernel from here.
In this case, you should download the following:

linux-headers-3.19.3-031903-generic_3.19.3-031903.201503261036_ARCH.deb
linux-headers-3.19.3-031903_3.19.3-031903.201503261036_all.deb
linux-image-3.19.3-031903-generic_3.19.3-031903.201503261036_ARCH.deb

Replace ARCH with the architecture found above (i386 or amd64)

Install the packages with sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.19.3-031903-generic_3.19.3-031903.201503261036_ARCH.deb linux-headers-3.19.3-031903_3.19.3-031903.201503261036_all.deb linux-image-3.19.3-031903-generic_3.19.3-031903.201503261036_ARCH.deb, again replacing ARCH with your kernel architecture
Reboot.

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