[ubuntu-uk] moto4lin

[Neil Greenwood]

On 02/09/07, Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/09/07, Tony Travis <ajt at rri.sari.ac.uk> wrote:
> > >> I've got a Motorola V220 mobile, and I bought a £2 USB cable for it
>
> I used a cable that came with my iRiver MP3/WMA/OGG audio player. I
> also didn't want to shell out a fortune for a simple piece of generic
> kit. I've never used the Windows software.
>
> > >> [...]
> > > 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.
> > [...]
> > 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"
> >

P.S. did you get it working without it running as root? I have to use
sudo every time or it won't connect to the phone.