Usb - Blackberry z10 - cant connect

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#1

Hello.

Up to yesterday I was happily connected and deploying to my Blackberry z10 (dev alpha A) via usb from my Linux development machine (opensuse 12.2, 32 bit, Fujitsu Laptop).

I dont think I changed any settings (so I guess it was an automatic Linux drivers update which broke something, but I cant be sure).

> ping 169.254.0.1
PING 169.254.0.1 (169.254.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 62.109.108.189 icmp_seq=92 Destination Net Unreachable

Conectiing via WiFi still works . However Id like to get usb working again, since I work in different locations (home, office) and my ip address changes so its a bit bothersome having to reconfigure this a few times a day. My usb address was constant.

Anyone have any idea how I could get this working again?

P.S
Below is the end of of dmesg output.
From the “Manufacturer: Research In Motion, Ltd.” it seems to see the device (, but apparently not mounting it properly anymore).

Thanks in Advance.


 2827.494212] EDD information not available.
 2830.537082] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
 2830.590788] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
 2831.423271] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
 2833.052344] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
 2833.052346] EDD information not available.
 2833.748519] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
 2833.748522] EDD information not available.
 2872.898027] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:00:f9:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=289 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=249 
 2880.274277] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:03:2e:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=854 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=814 
 2918.272832] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=72 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 OPT ( ) PROTO=ICMPv6 TYPE=131 CODE=0 
 3001.857399] usb 3-3: USB disconnect, device number 10
 3001.857518] rndis_host 3-3:1.0: usb0: unregister 'rndis_host' usb-0000:00:14.0-3, RNDIS device
 3003.682469] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=265 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=225 
 3004.079194] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=341 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=301 
 3004.108351] usb 3-3: new high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
 3004.121503] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0fca, idProduct=8012
 3004.121510] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
 3004.121515] usb 3-3: Product: RIM Network Device
 3004.121518] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: Research In Motion, Ltd.
 3004.121521] usb 3-3: SerialNumber: 417ea64bf95635de5b8c2fee4a560fa696715357
 3004.131389] rndis_host 3-3:1.0: rndis media connect
 3004.154629] rndis_host 3-3:1.0: usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:14.0-3, RNDIS device, 1e:69:a5:29:67:5d
 3004.283733] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=341 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=301 
 3004.590931] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=341 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=301 
 3004.691577] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=265 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=225 
 3012.408070] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:00:20:00:01:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:3a:00:01:00 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=72 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 OPT ( ) PROTO=ICMPv6 TYPE=131 CODE=0 
 3035.808177] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:03:2e:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=854 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=814 
 3043.682914] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:00:f9:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=289 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=249 
 3067.768803] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:03:2e:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=854 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=814 
 3124.701524] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:00:f9:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=289 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=249 
 3131.693346] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:03:2e:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=854 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=814 
 3131.708400] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=265 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=225 
 3260.396244] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC= src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675d DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
 3367.903459] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1e:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd:60:00:00:00:00:f9:11:ff:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:1c:69:a5:ff:fe:29:67:5e:ff:02:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:fb:14:e9:14:e9 src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=289 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=249 
 3442.808191] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=265 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=225 
 3516.051899] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC= src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675d DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
 3669.532139] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=72 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 OPT ( ) PROTO=ICMPv6 TYPE=131 CODE=0 
 3796.344529] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=33:33:00:00:00:fb:1c:69:a5:29:67:5e:86:dd src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1e69:a5ff:fe29:675e DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=72 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 OPT ( ) PROTO=ICMPv6 TYPE=131 CODE=0 
 4027.325476] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=usb0 OUT= MAC= src=fe80:0000:0000:0000:1c69:a5ff:fe29:675d DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
#2

It really seems like some recent (automatic) update to my OpenSuse 12.2 broke this.
I just tried the ping on another computer which I havent updated for a few weeks, and it works fine there!
The older computer wants me to update via “openSUSE-2013-364 - Softwarestack update 04/13” from Apper…Ill be avoiding that for a while

#3

Has anyone succeeded in connecting a BlackBerry Z10 to openSUSE Linux 13.1 (AMD x86)?


segovia:/mnt # ping 169.254.94.217
PING 169.254.94.217 (169.254.94.217) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=12 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=13 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=14 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=15 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=16 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=17 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=18 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=19 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 169.254.94.217 ping statistics ---
19 packets transmitted, 0 received, +13 errors, 100% packet loss, time 18009ms

I didn’t succeed so far. Linux does recognise the USB connection and the device, though.


[16035.163175] scsi 10:0:0:0: CD-ROM            RIM      PlayBook         124  PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[16035.167618] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy
[16035.167860] sr 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[16035.167969] sr 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 5
[16103.734209] sdc: detected capacity change from 1996963840 to 0
[16107.916804] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 4
[17614.687851] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[17614.774413] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=cd12, idProduct=ef18
[17614.774419] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[17614.774423] usb 1-1.2: Product: disk            
[17614.774426] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: USB     
[17614.774430] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: D6CECAB9DAFBAF28
[17614.775191] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[17614.775909] scsi11 : usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0
[17615.777795] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access     USB      disk             1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[17615.778754] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[17615.778953] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] 3900320 512-byte logical blocks: (1.99 GB/1.85 GiB)
[17615.779739] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[17615.779747] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
[17615.781493] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[17615.781500] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[17615.784653] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[17615.784659] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[17615.785461]  sdc: sdc1
[17615.788688] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[17615.788693] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[17615.788697] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[17621.954096] FAT-fs (sdc1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[17709.793331] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 5
[17728.234514] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[17728.325713] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0fca, idProduct=8020
[17728.325719] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[17728.325723] usb 1-1.1: Product: RIM Disk Device
[17728.325726] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Research In Motion, Ltd.
[17728.325729] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 244A6651B982A10EFD8CB8B547D5854C819BC8D0
[17728.327995] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[17728.328520] scsi12 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
[17729.331706] scsi 12:0:0:0: CD-ROM            RIM      PlayBook         124  PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[17729.333930] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy
[17729.334142] sr 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[17729.334276] sr 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 5
segovia:/mnt # cd /mnt

I just set up an ownCloud server using the localhost configuration (based on apache2 and SQLite) and transferred my contacts in vfc format into it, plus calendar entries. It would be great if I could sync these data with the BlackBerry Z10 via Android apps such as DAVdroid.

Any useful hints would be welcome.

#4

Hello.

I can connect again now, in the sense that I can ping the phone, and I can connect to it using the blackberry (command line) developer tools from the sdk…I can deploy apps to the phone etc.

I have sdk 10.2 installed and the corresponding version of os on phone (10.2.0.429)

Note youll (counter intuitively) want to make sure that phone setting “USB-Conection” (in “Speicher und Zugriff” not sure what this is called in the English version … maybe “Memory and Connections”) is set to either Windows or Mac (ie not automatic).

Also for some connections (eg using some of the blackberry tools in the sdk) youll need to turn on developer mode.

However I can’t “see” the phone in dolphin. But I can ping the device (169.254.0.1) successfully from the command line

#5

Hi p8mode,
thank you for your valuable feedback. It put me on the right track.

I tried to access the phone via browser and IP address. No success so far. For my attempt, I switched Developer Mode ON and set an IP address which I then entered in the browser. No success.

I can see the SD-card as device in the Dophin Manager and access it without problem.
I went into System Settings / Storage and Access (what you referred to as “Speicher und Zugriff”).
Under “Media Storage Details” at the bottom of the page you’ll find a switch to turn USB Mass Storage ON or OFF. I switched it ON. That was all that was needed.

It does not matter what setting you choose in the section “Access to Storage” higher up the page. I left it on “Autodetect” (the other two choices are “Connect to Windows” and “Connect to Mac”), and I could still see the SD-card mounted in the Dolphin Manager.

My Z10 is running on OS 10.2.1.1259.
Whether the development mode is ON or OFF, didn’t matter in my case in the context of getting access to the Z10 SD-card via USB cable.
This computer does not have WiFi and therefore I cannot tell whether a WiFi connection would work or not.

I’ll see what I can do from here. I’ll post any new insights here.

I set up an ownCloud server with the intention of sync-ing it with the Blackberry Z10 via DAVdroid or something similar.
Since I am a relative newcomer to openSUSE Akonadi wasn’t on my radar until last night. Perhaps Akonadi can do this as well. I’ll look into it. However, at the moment Akonadi cannot connect to the KOrganiser during the Akonadi Server Self-Test. My log tells me


Akonadi control process not registered at D-Bus.
Akonadi server process not registered at D-Bus.

and a bit further down, after Nepomuk search server registered at D-Bus


No resource agents found.
Current Akonadi server error log found.
Previous Akonadi server error log found.

I might raise this in a separate section of the forum.
If one of the moderators wants to move this, please go ahead with it.

#6

I have tried to connect to the Blackberry Z10 via the command line, so far unsuccessfully.
For my attempt, I switched the development mode ON, and set an IP address which I then tried to contact on the command line


segovia:~ # ping 169.254.67.17
PING 169.254.67.17 (169.254.67.17) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.1 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 169.254.67.17 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 9002ms

segovia:~ #

Regarding your other comment

Yesterday I connected the Z10 via Bluetooth to my MacBook Pro laptop running on OS X and uploaded a few Android apps for testing (XPrivacy, Xposed Installer, Tinfoil-SMS) that I could not get on F-droid. Did you try Bluetooth with openSUSE 13.1 to Z10 and it worked?

#7

>thank you for your valuable feedback. It put me on the right track.

Glad if I could be of any help.

>I can see the SD-card as device in the Dophin Manager and access it without problem.

I didnt put a (separate) sd card into the phone. Maybe without it you wouldnt see anything in Dolphin either?

> I went into System Settings / Storage and Access (what you referred to as “Speicher und Zugriff”).
Under “Media Storage Details” at the bottom of the page you’ll find a switch to turn USB Mass Storage ON or OFF. I switched it ON. That was all that was needed.

OK I switched my phone to English to test. But I dont have any “Media Storage Details” at the bottom of this page (I do have a “Device storage Details” button, clicking which allows me to see some information, but not (de)activate anything)

>It does not matter what setting you choose in the section “Access to Storage” higher up the page. I left it on “Autodetect” (the other two choices are “Connect to Windows” and “Connect to Mac”).

For me automatic doesnt work. Unless I choose Windows or Mac I cant successfully ping the device.
I remember reading this somewhere else too.

#8

> Yesterday I connected the Z10 via Bluetooth to my MacBook Pro laptop running on OS X and uploaded a few Android apps for testing (XPrivacy, Xposed Installer, Tinfoil-SMS) that I could not get on F-droid. Did you try Bluetooth with openSUSE 13.1 to Z10 and it worked?

It looks like it would work but my opensuse notifier in the system tray crashes :frowning:

#9

I know it’s a zombie thread, but i’ll try.

I also have a bb10 device, although it is a Q5 - i think it doesn’t really matter, the OS is pratically the same.
I really want to mount and/or browse the media partition of the phone, and no, it doesn’t have a media card in it.
I set the basic things for it (maybe worded a bit differently in English):- settings->storage&acess.->usb connection: Mac

  • the same place as above-> accessible via Wifi: ON ( and I’ve set device name, username, and password)
    Through a wireless router i can browse and/or mount the device_ip/media partition through samba/cifs. No problem there. The thing is, i don’t have wifi at home (you could say medieval times with cable router), but then again, i think it is a waste of energy to use wireless even if I had, when the phone is already charging from the laptop, and i just need to copy some music. If something needs wireless internet, I usually share the laptop’s ethernet connection over its wlan card

First problem: the wireless data sharing doesn’t work reliably with no router between the notebook and bberry (i mean using the shared connection as decribed above). I cannot mount it at all. Using dolphin I can see the device under smb://device_ip, but reading folders timeouts a lot, copiing something usually stops midway (8 out of 10).

Second problem: I cannot get the USB connection to work as anybody would all want to
I found this guide for Ubuntu: http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=86622
Following it, I installed the slightly different named samba-winbind and modified /etc/nsswitch.conf by adding “wins” to to line “hosts:”. Now it look like this wo. comments:


passwd: compat
group:  compat


hosts:          files wins mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
networks:       files dns


services:       files
protocols:      files
rpc:            files
ethers:         files
netmasks:       files
netgroup:       files nis
publickey:      files


bootparams:     files
automount:      files nis
aliases:        files

With yast I’ve set the winbind service to be enabled and running. During boot it starts as well now (and adds some time to system startup according to systemd-analyze).
Despite everything above I cannot even ping the phone. Neither with hostname, nor with it’s IP (found under the phone’s settings->about->category:network->USB).
Using arp -n doesn’t list it. After I try to ping it with it’s IP, it shows up in the output of arp -n:


Address                  HWtype  HWaddress           Flags Mask            Iface
192.168.1.105            ether   6c:62:6d:0d:d5:ea   C                     enp1s0
192.168.1.1              ether   00:1d:0f:e9:8d:10   C                     enp1s0
169.254.180.33           ether   4a:9d:24:23:19:a5   C                     enp0s16f0u2

The IP and the MAC is correct according to the phone.
I am stuck with this. I thought something is wrong with the interface and the firewall. The firewall clearly don’t know about the enp0s16f0u2 interface. But with a turned off firewall, the results are the same. The samba service is running, as i mentioned i can use it with a wireless router between the notebook and the device (and also can see my mother’s windoze machine through enp1s0)
What am I doing wrong? It should work, I mean, the Ubuntu guide is there for a reason. I tried switching on the developer mode on the phone, even though it shouldn’t be neccesary (then the device reserve a settable, but consistent IP which it gets right from the notebook). Same results again, eveb ping not working.

Thanks for anyone for reading this long :wink:

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Thanx for this useful information.