<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> for unknown reason it works now: sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sdb: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0005f6f4 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 63 102398309 51199123+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 102398310 102494699 48195 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 102494700 204893009 51199155 83 Linux /dev/sdb4 204893010 1250258624 522682807+ 83 Linux and still I have the same "not ready" thing, so that turns out to be not related... [51548.316007] ipheth 1-1.1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached [51548.496016] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [51548.496510] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/22/2012 10:48 AM, ping wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:50AE4955.6020604@gmail.com" type="cite"> On 11/22/2012 10:29 AM, Colin Law wrote: <blockquote type="cite">On 22 November 2012 15:09, ping <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:songpingemail@gmail.com"><songpingemail@gmail.com></a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite">On 11/22/2012 03:41 AM, Colin Law wrote: <blockquote type="cite">On 21 November 2012 21:09, ping <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:songpingemail@gmail.com"><songpingemail@gmail.com></a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite">On 11/13/2012 04:44 PM, ping wrote: <blockquote type="cite">folks: not sure you guys expericence the same, sometime my iphone4s can't be recognized when I connect the USB cable into ubuntu PC. previously I had similiar issue with blackberry and in that case can be constantly resolved by: $ sudo modprobe -r usb_storage $ sudo modprobe usb_storage but now this doesn't work, any known solutions? thanks! regards ping </blockquote> guys, anyone can help here? </blockquote> Does running dmesg in a terminal tell you anything useful (in the case that it does not work). Run dmesg then plug it in and run dmesg again and see what new messages have been added. Colin </blockquote> thanks Colin, I'm really confused here, what does it has anything to do with eth0? yes the iphone looks been detected here, but fdisk detected nothing. how to proceed now? </blockquote> fdisk? What command are you running? </blockquote> here is the command of fdisk $ sudo fdisk -l currently my disk was marked and detected as sda1, and I expect to see sdb1 or sth else appears for the new device attached, but there is nothing... <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite">[11786.566321] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd [11786.799690] ipheth 2-1.1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached [11786.866078] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [11786.866980] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready </blockquote> It appears to be trying to attach it as a ethernet device. What do you see when it does connect ok? I don't know about the iphone, can it be used via the usb in different modes? Maybe someone with more detailed knowledge of the iphone can help. </blockquote> thanks, I didn't even check it with more info when it worked... <blockquote type="cite"> Colin Colin </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>