Mass storage only works for devices with an SD card, and then ONLY to transfer to/from the SD card. I've got older 7xxx and 8xxx series devices that do not have a memory card slot.
On 1/7/09, Jason Thomas <ja...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Linux should be able to access your bb as a USB Mass Storage device. > Below is the output from my kernel when I connect my bb, on Debian sid. > > > [1909612.689528] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and > address 10 > [1909612.877830] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > [1909612.890095] scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > [1909612.893632] usb-storage: device found at 10 > [1909612.893635] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before > scanning > [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0fca, > idProduct=0004 > [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=5, > SerialNumber=3 > [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: Product: RIM Composite Device > [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Research In Motion > [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: > FE216BF928723656BAAF354554BE01110D6407F3 > [1909618.163710] usb-storage: device scan complete > [1909618.297134] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access RIM Blackberry SD > 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS > [1909618.310404] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] 15954944 512-byte hardware sectors > (8169 MB) > [1909618.311991] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > [1909618.312000] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 53 > [1909618.312004] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > [1909618.324510] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] 15954944 512-byte hardware sectors > (8169 MB) > [1909618.328093] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > [1909618.328102] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 53 > [1909618.328107] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > [1909618.328113] sdb: sdb1 > [1909618.336159] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk > [1909618.336159] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > > > On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 17:01 -0600, Robert Yaklin wrote: >> I found the Barry project in my quest to get file transfer to/from >> BlackBerry device memory working without using Roxio Media Manager. >> >From what I have read about Barry and the parts of the source I have >> looked at, it appears that Barry does not support this. From searching >> the web and RIM's site, there does not appear to be any lightweight >> program to do this and I'm not going to waste my time trying to >> contact RIM to ask them to write one since others have not found them >> very responsive. >> >> Sniffing the USB communication reveals that there is some >> initialization after which simple commands like GET and PUT and LIST >> are used to do transfers. >> >> I'm not much of a programmer and would like to see if anyone has or >> could write a utility that I could use to send packets to endpoint 0x4 >> or 0x3 (depending on BB model) and read from endpoint 0x83. I could >> then continue investigating and documenting the protocol. >> >> I've also been unable to get Barry to compile on my Debian system... >> Something about "no matching function for call to..." when compiling >> base64.cc. >> >> Thanks. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It is the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB >> _______________________________________________ >> Barry-devel mailing list >> Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > -- > Jason Thomas > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
