I have a Tour, and it works great with barry. I actually helped write the udev rules that are used to detect the Tour. Are you a member of the plugdev group?
On 02/18/2010 02:07 PM, Andrew wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:03:06AM -0500, Chris Frey wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:25:12PM -0500, Andrew wrote: >> >>> Here are the packages currently installed on the Ubuntu: >>> >>> barry-util >>> barrybackup-gui >>> libbarry0 >>> opensync-plugin-barry >>> >>> seems like barrybackup-gui is a subset of the overal gui ? >>> >> The barrybackup program is the only GUI that comes with Barry right now, >> and it provides backup and restore. >> >> The rest makes up the library, header files, the command line utilities, >> the udev rules and bcharge program, and the opensync plugins. There >> are opensync GUIs, but that's outside of the scope of Barry. >> >> >> >>> Can barry be used to tether Blackberry Storm as a modem? >>> > Oops! > > Hi, Chris -- I told you wrong, we have a Blackberry Tour. Any hope of getting > /that/ to work with berry? > > So far, i plug it in, and none of the tools detect it as a blackberry; This > is on the Ubuntu 9.04 > > my lsusb has this (among other things): > > Bus 002 Device 015: ID 0fca:8007 Research In Motion, Ltd. > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:63fa Microdia > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. > > I do "rmmod usb_storage", but "btool -v" gives me a slew of errors or > failures. > > Oh, it just dawned on me: on my Fedora 12 i was able to run barrybackup > successfully (device was recognized and data backed up!) > > So.... then it's definitely possible with the Tour. > > any suggestions? > > > >> The pppob command line program (included in barry-util) is called by >> pppd for tethered modem, yes. Whether it works with your Blackberry >> is a matter of testing though. :-) >> >> See the /etc/ppp/peers directory for some sample options files. >> See also the documentation at the main Barry site for more detailed >> instructions: http://netdirect.ca/barry >> >> >> >>> (Sorry -- google hits show lots of forum material on barry but the >>> forum website seems to be down) >>> >> What's the URL? Are you talking about the Sourceforge trackers? >> >> >> >>> Also, if I am to get time and courage to resume my efforts to compile >>> barry with gui, I would, of course, need to remove all four of the above >>> packages, correct? >>> >> If you compile, but don't do the "make install" part, you can run the >> programs from your build directories. But if you install, yes I would >> recommend removing all the other packages. >> >> >> >>> Any advantages in the GUI over the CLI version? Any functionality >>> difference, such that the CLI functionality is lesser? >>> >> The GUI makes backups and restores easier, backing up all the databases >> into a tar.gz file. It is technically possible to do it from the command >> line, but not very polished. >> >> The command line tools adjust the USB power level, so you can charge >> the battery. There's a btool program which flexes the capatility of >> the library. There are programs for moving data to and from your >> Blackberry and LDAP. There's the modem tethering. And there's >> support for loading and managing java apps. And there's a rudimentary >> FUSE module to mount your Blackberry as a tree of databases. >> >> Most people do syncing from the command line too. >> >> There's not much overlap between the GUI and CLI. They do different >> things. >> >> Hope that helps, >> - Chris >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Barry-devel mailing list >> Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel >> > -- Theodore Charles III Network Administrator Los Angeles Senior High 323-900-2724 / 323-900-2792 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
