[nflug] Blackberry 8300 Ubuntu

[Mark T. Valites]

Is the Blackberry plugged into your machine via an unpowered USB hub by 
any chance?

If so, it's not Linux/ubuntu's fault. There was a change made in the 
2.6.16 kernel that "fixed" it to behaive this way when connecting devices 
via unpowered USB hubs. The following article summarizes:

http://lwn.net/Articles/186331/

Additional details on the power spec can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Power_supply

If you're not going through an unpowered USB hub, I wouldn't be surprised 
if you're seeing a similar issue.

I stumbled across this when connecting my cell phone to my Sharp Zaurus vi 
a compact flash USB adapter:

http://www.valites.net/2007/02/17/sharp-zaurus-5600-poodle-ppp-cell-phone-how-to/

-Mark

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, anthonyriga wrote:

> Well seems like there is not alot for Linux and
> Blackberrys. Just trying to charge the BB is a no go
> without a driver to increase the default usb power
> from 100 to 500mA. Anyone using Blackberry here is the
> link for the charging scripts to charge them with
> Linux. Hopefully the mobile and table laptop markets
> gets pushed more on the Linux end to make Linux on the
> desktop more viable and really an alternative to
> windows. IMHO this is whats stopping Linux from
> penetrating the desktop markets.
>
> http://smooshspace.com/category/blackberry/
> --- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone tried to access their BB using Ubuntu? Im
>> trying to access it like a usb device to get pics
>> off
>> it. Any software on Ubuntu I can use with it to
>> synchronize it?
>>
>> scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     RIM      BlackBerry
>> SD
>>    0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS
>> [776650.208487] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable
>> disk sdb
>> [776650.208552] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic
>> sg2
>> type 0
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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