From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 18:53:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD35D1065693 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4148FC28 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so9277651wwf.31 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:53:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.134.201 with SMTP id k9mr8074051wbt.73.1293562430777; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:53:50 -0800 (PST) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.227.143.1 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:53:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:53:50 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: DQzIT9KI2_hq88DPKbZKC5lEjuA Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: Android phone and FreeBSD 8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:53:53 -0000 2010/12/28 Fernando Apestegu=EDa : > 2010/12/28 Justin V. : >> >> >> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, Fernando Apestegu?a wrote: >> >>> 2010/12/28 Alejandro Imass : >>>> >>>> 2010/12/28 Fernando Apestegu?a : >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I bought a GeeksPhone One[1]. It uses Android 2.2.1. I'm trying to ge= t >>>>> FreeBDS recognize the phone. >>>>> When I plug it to the USB port and activate the "Storage" option, thi= s >>>>> is what dmesg reports: >>>>> >>>> >>>> It's a wild guess but if you have Gnome installed, try disabling HAL >>>> (after you are in your Gnome desktop) before you plug-in the telephone >>>> and before you press the activate usb mass storage option on the >>>> droid. >>> >>> No luck :S >>> >>> I rebooted with HAL disabled without bringing Gnome up and I still get >>> the same error >>> >>> Cheers. >>> [..] >> >> >> Did you try Disk Drive on the phone and mount_msdosfs as root? > > Yes. After I plug the phone, I am asked whether I want to enable > "Storage mode". I say yes, the system tries to recognize the phone and > creates and immediately removes da4. I can't use mount_msdosfs if the > node is not present. > That is very similar to the HAL problem I started having with my external HDs, that's whay I suspected you could be having the same issue. What I do is simply disable HAL by just running the rc.d script, plugin the drive, mount and the start HAL again. >> >> >> >