On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 15:24 -0400, Chris Frey wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 04:11:10PM -0700, Robert Denton wrote: > > Hiya folks. > > > > The good posters over at blackberryforums.com suggested I make an appeal to > > this list for help using barry on my linux machine. I am running f7, > > kernel 2.6.21, and I own a bb 8830. I have installed barry 0.8 and I have > > the following: > > > > [ ~]$ rpm -qa | grep barry > > barry-util-0.8-1 > > libbarry-0.8-1 > > libbarry-devel-0.8-1 > > barry-gui-0.8-1 > > > > Here are the questions I have for you: > > Looks good. I'm a little slow in replying here, and I see you already > have had some responses, but here's some more for completeness. :-) > > > > 1. What utilities are included in barry? I have found barrybackup > > but I am unaware of any others that might come along for the ride. > > breset - reset all Blackberries found on the USB bus, through software > bcharge - works with charging modes, and Pearl / Classic modes. > definitely needed if you have a Pearl-like device > This has a man page. > btool - command line utility for poking around and exploring your > Blackberry's databases > This has a man page too. > ktrans and translate - utilities to convert linux usb_snoop and > Windows USB capture logs (respectively) into something readable. > These are generally of little use to the end user and may not > be installed by default. > upldif - upload LDAP LDIF data into your blackberry in the form of > contacts... will delete all existing contacts, making an > exact copy of your LDAP directory on your Blackberry > barrybackup - a GUI for making database backups of your Blackberry > > > > 2. Will barry allow me to charge my 8830 via USB? I ask because > > whenever I plug it in I get a warning about the USB port not having > > sufficient current. > > Yes. Use bcharge. As you are using the RPMS, this should be running > automatically for you, via udev. Check your /etc/udev/rules* directory, > for a rules file for your Blackberry. > > The RPMs on the sourceforge site were built for Fedora 6, so maybe > something has changed. Can you check to see if bcharge is being run > at all? > > You can temporarily change your udev log settings with: (as root) > > udevcontrol log_priority=debug > > Then watch the logs while you plugin your Blackberry. For example: > > tail -f /var/log/daemon.log > > on my Debian system, that's where the udev messages appear. You should > see a "run_program" message that runs /usr/sbin/bcharge, as well as > any bcharge output messages. > > When you're done, set udev logging back to err or something, since this > can slow your machine down if logging is too high: > > udevcontrol log_priority=err > > > > 3. Will barry allow me to transfer files back and forth from my 8830? > > I'd like to be able to install things I have downloaded without > > oh-so-very-humbly asking for help from one of my windows friends. > > If by transfer files, you mean loading java programs via USB, no, > Barry doesn't currently support this. > > If you mean using the Blackberry as a USB media device, this should > already be happening. This is done by the kernel's usb_storage > module, and you can mount your Blackberry as a normal drive and > copy files to and from it. > > Note that the usb_storage module conflicts with Barry, since you can't > use both at once. If usb_storage is loaded (see lsmod output), then > you'll need to remove it before using Barry (rmmod usb_storage).
Chris, have you seen any usb traces from an 8800? It appears that all modes can be used at the same time, however the protocol is totally different. > > You may also be able to use Linux's bluetooth support to talk to your > Blackberry, but I don't have a lot of experience with this. > > > > 4. When I launch 'barrybackup' from the command line I get the error > > 'No Blackberry devices found'. Is there something I need to do first? > > bcharge has likely not been run automatically, so your device is > showing up as product ID 0006, and you want to see 0004 or 0001. > See the "lsusb -v" output for this info, and run bcharge to change > the product ID. > > > > Thanks for your help folks. I appreciate it, and so does my pet penguin. > > :-) > > - Chris > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
