Ubuntu 15.10 contains usbip package too old to work with usbip v2.0 server (e.g. latest raspbian on RasPI) so you need to compile usbip tool from kernel sources.
UPDATE 19. 04. 2016:
You don’t need to go through compiling from source. You may just install package linux-tools-generic:
$ apt-get install linux-tools-generic
This will install precompiled usbip tools into /usr/lib/linux-tools/`uname -r`/:
$ /usr/lib/linux-tools/4.2.0-35-generic/usbip version usbip (usbip-utils 2.0)
Non-working usbip installed from usbip package
$ sudo usbip -l 192.168.1.83 - 192.168.1.83 usbip err: usbip_network.c: 119 (usbip_recv_op_common) recv op_common, -1 usbip err: vhci_attach.c: 202 (query_exported_devices) recv op_common usbip err: vhci_attach.c: 417 (show_exported_devices) query $ usbip -v ** (process:30826): WARNING **: running non-root? usbip 0.1.7 ($Id: vhci_attach.c 42 2007-09-07 12:07:51Z hirofuchi $)
Installing usbip v2.0 from source
Get current kernel sources
$ apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Picking 'linux' as source package instead of 'linux-image-4.2.0-21-generic' NOTICE: 'linux' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control system at: git://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/wily Need to get 137 MB of source archives. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates/main linux 4.2.0-27.32 (dsc) [9 481 B] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates/main linux 4.2.0-27.32 (tar) [130 MB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates/main linux 4.2.0-27.32 (diff) [6 741 kB] Fetched 137 MB in 8min 57s (255 kB/s) gpgv: Signature made Pi 22. január 2016, 05:44:57 CET using RSA key ID 105BE7F7 gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found dpkg-source: warning: failed to verify signature on ./linux_4.2.0-27.32.dsc dpkg-source: info: extracting linux in linux-4.2.0 dpkg-source: info: unpacking linux_4.2.0.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: info: applying linux_4.2.0-27.32.diff.gz dpkg-source: info: upstream files that have been modified: linux-4.2.0/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-usb-gadget-loopback .... linux-4.2.0/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
CD to directory with usbip sources
$ cd linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/ /linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip$ ls AUTHORS cleanup.sh COPYING INSTALL Makefile.am src autogen.sh configure.ac doc libsrc README
Run autogen (or not)
It will fail because you need to run libtoolize first but let’s see:
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip$ ./autogen.sh + autoreconf -i -f -v autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal --force autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing configure.ac:24: installing './compile' configure.ac:15: installing './install-sh' configure.ac:15: installing './missing' libsrc/Makefile.am:5: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined libsrc/Makefile.am:5: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT' libsrc/Makefile.am:5: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again. libsrc/Makefile.am:5: If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure libsrc/Makefile.am:5: its definition is in aclocal's search path. libsrc/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp' autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
Run libtoolize
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip$ libtoolize libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'. libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh' libtoolize: You should add the contents of the following files to `aclocal.m4': libtoolize: `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' libtoolize: `/usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4' libtoolize: `/usr/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4' libtoolize: `/usr/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4' libtoolize: `/usr/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4' libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree. libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
Run autogen again
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip$ ./autogen.sh + autoreconf -i -f -v autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal --force autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'. libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh' libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree. libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing configure.ac:16: installing './config.guess' configure.ac:16: installing './config.sub' autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
Configure
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip$ ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking how to print strings... printf checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for dlltool... no checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n checking for ar... ar checking for archiver @FILE support... @ checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for sysroot... no checking for mt... mt checking if mt is a manifest tool... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3 checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes checking for library containing opendir... none required checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking arpa/inet.h usability... yes checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes checking for arpa/inet.h... yes checking fcntl.h usability... yes checking fcntl.h presence... yes checking for fcntl.h... yes checking netdb.h usability... yes checking netdb.h presence... yes checking for netdb.h... yes checking netinet/in.h usability... yes checking netinet/in.h presence... yes checking for netinet/in.h... yes checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes checking for string.h... (cached) yes checking sys/socket.h usability... yes checking sys/socket.h presence... yes checking for sys/socket.h... yes checking syslog.h usability... yes checking syslog.h presence... yes checking for syslog.h... yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking for int32_t... yes checking for size_t... yes checking for ssize_t... yes checking for uint16_t... yes checking for uint32_t... yes checking for uint8_t... yes checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes checking for GNU libc compatible realloc... yes checking for memset... yes checking for mkdir... yes checking for regcomp... yes checking for socket... yes checking for strchr... yes checking for strerror... yes checking for strstr... yes checking for strtoul... yes checking libudev.h usability... yes checking libudev.h presence... yes checking for libudev.h... yes checking for udev_new in -ludev... yes checking whether to use the libwrap (TCP wrappers) library... (default) checking for hosts_access in -lwrap... no checking whether to use fortify... default checking that generated files are newer than configure... done configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating libsrc/Makefile config.status: creating src/Makefile config.status: creating config.h config.status: executing depfiles commands config.status: executing libtool commands
Make
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip$ make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip' Making all in libsrc make[2]: Entering directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/libsrc' CC libusbip_la-names.lo CC libusbip_la-usbip_host_driver.lo CC libusbip_la-usbip_common.lo CC libusbip_la-vhci_driver.lo CC libusbip_la-sysfs_utils.lo CCLD libusbip.la ar: `u' modifier ignored since `D' is the default (see `U') make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/libsrc' Making all in src make[2]: Entering directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src' CC usbip.o CC utils.o CC usbip_network.o CC usbip_attach.o CC usbip_detach.o CC usbip_list.o CC usbip_bind.o CC usbip_unbind.o CC usbip_port.o CCLD usbip CC usbipd.o CCLD usbipd make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src' make[2]: Entering directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip' make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip' make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/danman/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip'
CD to src and try to run usbip
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip$ cd src/ /linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ ./usbip usage: usbip [--debug] [--log] [--tcp-port PORT] [version] [help] <command> <args> attach Attach a remote USB device detach Detach a remote USB device list List exportable or local USB devices bind Bind device to usbip-host.ko unbind Unbind device from usbip-host.ko port Show imported USB devices /linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ ./usbip version usbip (usbip-utils 2.0)
Try to connect to running usbip server (e.g. on your RPI)
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ ./usbip list -r 192.168.1.83 Exportable USB devices ====================== - 192.168.1.83 1-1.3: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd : KU-9908 Keyboard (04f2:0111) : /sys/devices/platform/soc/20980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3 : (Defined at Interface level) (00/00/00)
Try to attach remote device
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ ./usbip attach -r 192.168.201.83 -b 1-1.3 libusbip: error: udev_device_new_from_subsystem_sysname failed usbip: error: open vhci_driver usbip: error: query
Oh, we forgot to install module vhci-hcd.
Modprobe vhci-hcd
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ sudo modprobe vhci-hcd
Try to attach again
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ ./usbip attach -r 192.168.201.83 -b 1-1.3 usbip: error: import device usbip: error: query
Ah! Try to attach with sudo again
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ sudo ./usbip attach -r 192.168.201.83 -b 1-1.3
Now you should be able to see and use the remote USB device
/linux-4.2.0/tools/usb/usbip/src$ lsusb Bus 005 Device 004: ID 04f2:0111 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd KU-9908 Keyboard
Finally, you can apt-get remove usbip and make install if you like.
Maaaaaannnn!!!! Thanks a lot! It saved me!
I’ll make a post at my blog soon.
Thank you very much! 🙂
thank you for the post
I have a problem, when i wrote “” sudo ./usbip attach -r 192.168.1.13 -b 1-1.3 “”
the following error appears:
libusbip: error: udev_device_get_sysattr_value failed
usbip: error: open vhci_driver
usbip: error: query
even after wrote the following “” sudo modprobe vhci-hcd “”
the same error still appears.
What should i do ?
please post output of ./usbip list -r 192.168.1.13
THANK YOU…. Been pulling my hair out all day messing with this on a Rock Pi 4B. This finally got it working. Anyone else who finds this for a Rock Pi–the kernel source files are here: https://github.com/radxa/kernel