Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal-info
Mobile phone Sony Ericsson P1i (capable of playing MP3, etc.) is not recognised as a portable media player in Ubuntu 8.10. $ lsusb | grep Sony Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0fce:e092 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB $ hal-device 0: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_PHONE' volume.block_size = 512 (0x200) (int) volume.num_blocks = 15755046 (0xf06726) (uint64) volume.size = 8066583552 (0x1e0ce4c00) (uint64) linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int) block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Sony_Ericsson_Mobile_Communications_P1i_35703301389798_0_0' (string) info.capabilities = { 'volume', 'block', 'access_control' } (string list) info.product = 'PHONE' (string) access_control.file = '/dev/sdb' (string) block.device = '/dev/sdb' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_PHONE' (string) access_control.type = 'removable-block' (string) block.major = 8 (0x8) (int) info.callouts.add = { 'hal-acl-tool --add-device' } (string list) block.minor = 16 (0x10) (int) block.is_volume = true (bool) info.callouts.remove = { 'hal-acl-tool --remove-device' } (string list) volume.ignore = false (bool) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_names = { 'Mount', 'Unmount', 'Eject' } (string list) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_signatures = { 'ssas', 'as', 'as' } (string list) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_argnames = { 'mount_point fstype extra_options', 'extra_options', 'extra_options' } (string list) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_execpaths = { 'hal-storage-mount', 'hal-storage-unmount', 'hal-storage-eject' } (string list) storage.model = '' (string) volume.mount.valid_options = { 'ro', 'sync', 'dirsync', 'noatime', 'nodiratime', 'noexec', 'quiet', 'remount', 'exec', 'utf8', 'shortname=', 'codepage=', 'iocharset=', 'umask=', 'dmask=', 'fmask=', 'uid=', 'flush' } (string list) volume.unmount.valid_options = { 'lazy' } (string list) info.category = 'volume' (string) volume.fstype = 'vfat' (string) volume.fsusage = 'filesystem' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/host8/target8:0:0/8:0:0:0/block/sdb/fakevolume' (string) volume.fsversion = 'FAT32' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Sony_Ericsson_Mobile_Communications_P1i_35703301389798_0_0' (string) volume.uuid = '' (string) volume.label = 'PHONE' (string) info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume' } (string list) volume.mount_point = '/media/PHONE' (string) volume.is_mounted = true (bool) volume.is_mounted_read_only = false (bool) volume.linux.is_device_mapper = false (bool) volume.is_disc = false (bool) volume.is_partition = false (bool) I have created a local version of /usr/local/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop (not sure if it is fully correct) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.category" string="storage"> <!-- Sony Ericsson --> <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.vendor_id" int="0xfce"> <!-- P1i mobile phone --> <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.product_id" int="0xe092"> <addset key="portable_audio_player.access_method.protocols" type="strlist">storage</addset> <append key="portable_audio_player.audio_folders" type="strlist">music/</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/3gpp</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/mp4</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/aac</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/vnd.rn-realaudio</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/x-amr</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/x-imy</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/x-midi</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/x-ms-wma</append> <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/x-wav</append> </match> </match> </match> </device> </deviceinfo> After hal restart, the phone is recognised in Rhythmbox (phone is in USB mode). It may be good for others to add the phone to hal-info. ** Affects: hal-info (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Sony Ericsson P1i MP3 player for HAL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305249 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs