> On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 18:49 -0500, swoody wrote: >> Well, I've been trying my darnedest to get the sd card in my phone to >> mount as a USB drive. I have been Googling and trying to use this guide >> from the wiki to no avail: >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Using_the_Neo_as_an_USB_Mass_storage_device >> >> When I try to mount the /media/card I get an error that it's not found. >> Fair enough, I run 'fdisk -l' and the only information listed is my >> internal drive. I was able to see that the device is recognized by my >> computer: >> >> [ 1959.576070] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and >> address 3 >> [ 1959.791253] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices >> [ 1959.800462] eth2: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:1d.2-2, CDC >> Ethernet Device, 00:1f:11:01:13:f6 >> >> >> The next step, I then run 'rmmod g_ether', that module isn't existent. >> So >> through dmesg I find the driver which is active, and I tried disabling >> that: "rmmod cdc_ether" This is the only command which didn't give me an >> error message. >> >> On the last command (modprobe g_file_storage file=/dev/mmcblk0 stall=0), >> I >> get the output: >> FATAL: Error inserting g_file_storage >> (/lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/gadget/g_file_storage.ko): >> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) >> After checking dmesg again, I now see: >> [ 1830.381547] g_file_storage gadget-lun0: unable to open backing file: >> /dev/mmcblk0 >> >> >> I'm nearly at my wits end here. I don't have access to a card reader, >> and >> I tried setting up 3 different phones (non-FR's) as USB drives, but each >> one has it's own unique issue. So I'm left hoping someone out there may >> be >> able to help me out with this. I would really appreciate any ideas you >> all >> may have. Thanks in advance! >> >> - Woody >> >> > It looks like a kernel/module problem from the name of the kernel I'll > assume you compiled yourself. Did you copy new modules over when you > did? I have never had luck with 2.6.32 and mass storage mode. Try it > with 2.6.29. other tips, if you have a swap partition on SD make sure > it's off. Make sure your distro is on NAND and not on SD (I think there > is a way to make it work from SD but so far I've only used > g_file_storage from a distro on nand). Failing that, try older versions > of qtmoko kernel (assuming you're on qtmoko and remember to use the > appropriate modules). > > Assuming all that fails, use latest shr-testing, I know for a fact it > works on this. If it doesn't work with shr-testing you're doing > something wrong. > >
I still couldn't get it to work with an older version of QTMoko, so I installed shr-testing on the nand, and it worked beautifully. I think I'm going to keep shr on the phone, and then install QTMoko onto the sd card afterall. Thanks again for the nudge in the right direction :) - Woody _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
