[plug] mounting mobile phone filesystem - update

[Richard Meyer]

On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 15:26 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 14:23 +0800, Arie Hol wrote:
> > 
> > On 3 Jun 2007 at 14:19, Arie Hol wrote:
> 
> - snip-
> 
> > The above was incorrect (see amendment below - sorry about that)
> > 
> > Have a look in /proc/sys/dev and see if any files or directories have 
> > been created which may relate to the USB device being detected by your 
> > system.
> 
> I get no change in that folder after the phone is plugged in and
> settled. This is what I have as output from "ls /proc/sys/dev/": 
> "cdrom  parport  raid  rtc"
> 
> > Maybe that would provide a clue as to "what to mount"
> 
> Sorry, not so for me :-(
> 
> > Also have a look in /dev to get a clue as to what may be mountable.
>  
> As you know this is a heavily populated directory, many possibles I can
> rule out easily but some I have no idea about :-(
> 
> > And don't forget to create a directory in /mnt so that you can access the 
> > device as part of your filesystem.
> 
> Thanks, that was done. I always use a generic address of /media/usb for
> devices plugged in to usb :-) ( FYI: I find that rpm distros such as
> redhat, suse, fedora, etc seem long ago to have adopted /media as the
> mount point for removable media, not /mnt as you may be used to)
> 
> > Like I said just guessing here.
> 
> More "guesses" welcome from any and all :-)
> 
> Gavin
> 
> BTW: I just discovered of this new phone that it automatically charges
> off the usb port. geeee, ahhh :-) Maybe old hat for you people but this
> is first new phone I've bought in _8_ years. LOL. I gave up on the
> expense of getting a Treo or similar smartphone (see previous
> postings). 

If that phone's a ZTE 850, and you get it working, please let me know
how. I was totally unable to. My desktop is set up to automatically
mount anything plugged in and give me an icon on the desktop. It doesn't
give me anything.

It also charges from the USB hub.
-- 
Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
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It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
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