[ubuntu-uk] moto4lin

[Tony Travis]

Mark Jose wrote:
> On Saturday 01 September 2007 21:43, Tony Travis wrote:
>> I've got a Motorola V220 mobile, and I bought a £2 USB cable for it
>> [...]
> I have used it Tony. A bit fiddly to set up in the first place I recall - I 
> can't remember exactly what it was that I needed to add to the system to get 
> moto4lin working, but I know it wasn't very clear and easy to find out.

Hello, Mark.

You're right it's not clear how to create the /usr/usb/acm device. After 
a bit of Googling I found this:

	http://www.computechgroup.com/?p=284

I created:

	/etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev.rules

With this entry:

# Motorola V220
BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Motorola Phone (V220)", KERNEL="ttyACM0", 
SYMLINK="usb/acm/0"
	
Then re-started udev:

	/etc/init.d/udev restart

After this, moto4lin detected my V220.

> Once it is working though, it is a good piece of kit. Allows you to add/remove 
> the pictures and messages etc as well as, if you fancy a challenge, hack 
> around inside a bit! I removed loads of built in junk (photos and videos etc 
> from Motorola as well as their sounds). I still have the phone and I can rig 
> it up again and re-install the moto4lin software to remind myself what it was 
> I needed to do if it will help. The only reason I don't use the phone now is 
> because the battery is pretty beat.

I downloaded some photo's onto my laptop, but I've got to say that it's 
the fiddling about with Java on my mobile that interested me most :-)

Another program I'm interested in is "Wammu"

	http://wammu.eu/

I crashed and burned when attempting to install the 6.10 version on 
6.06.1 LTS. I might have a shot at backporting it myself. I disabled the 
Ubuntu 'backports' repository after having problems with systems that 
had 'backport' versions of some Ubuntu packages installed.

I'm tempted to upgrade to Feisty to resolve the increasing number of 
problems like this, and I have installed it on a desktop PC at home. 
However, I use 6.06.1 LTS for everything at work on the grounds of 
'stability', so I use it on my laptop for 'compatibility'...

Roll on the next LTS :-)

	Tony.
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