Whirlpool

Hey Guys,

Just a quick one, having some issues trying to get my OpenSuse machine to see my HTC phone when I plug it in via USB.

Initially the device was recognised, but I think at some point I think I chose not to prompt me to used the Generic Network Interface that the HTC presents itself initially, and ever since then I have not been able to view it on my machine.

I have traced the USB connections while plugging in the device, and it shows nothing, like something is preventing it from loading. I just need try and figure out where this is so I can reset to back to default so the host can see the device, and in TURN my windows VM where I need it to be visible to allow active sync to see it to sync with Outlook

can anyone offer some suggestions on where I can start looking to get this visible again on the HOST Linux system?

Mystik writes...

Initially the device was recognised, but I think at some point I think I chose not to prompt me to used the Generic Network Interface that the HTC presents itself initially, and ever since then I have not been able to view it on my machine.

Have you done this as a regular user or did it ask you for a password?

If you did this as a regular user, a workaround would be to create another user account and login as that, then it should ask you the same question again.

Unfortunately I don't know where the settings for your phone would be stored ~/.under

cannot remember it was a little while ago now when it all happened. So not sure if I had to enter int a password or not for escalated privs....

Its just strange, if I plug in a normal USB flash drve, I can see the sub-system doing its thing and polling the device etc, when I plug in the HTC it does nothing at all, its almost like the system is told not do eval it when its present.

I cannot even see the storage card on the phone nothing... its a real pain

Sounds like it is switched off at the phone rather than the PC.
Some phones when connected by USB ask which USB mode to show the PC. If you don't respond to the prompt on the phone the PC won't see anything.

if I plug it into another windows machine, its fine. and another Linux machine its detected.

Are you trying to Sync or just want to view the storage card?

What model HTC? I use a Diamond and normally, when you plug the phone into a Windows PC (regardless what OS), it'll prompt you (on the phone) to either Sync, Storage Mode, Share Internet.

In Windows Mobile 6.1, you'll see in Settings > Connections tab an icon 'USB to PC'. Try those settings and see what you get.

I need to be able to have the phone Visible to a Windows XP guest, to allow Active Sync to sync phone details to it.

The problem is, if the linux HOST in not seeing the device, then how can it pass the USB device through the to VM virtual hardware drivers.

If I can get the host against to see the Device, then the VM should be happy.