USB devices problem

Hi:

I’m finding a very strange behavior of my system since a while ago. I have a cellphone with bluetooth connectivity. I use a notebook which is currently running OpenSuse 11.3 and which does not have built-in bluetooth, so I bought a usb bluetooth adaptor. Things worked fine for me in OpenSuse 11.1 but since I upgraded to 11.2 (and now 11.3), I couldn’t connect my phone and my computer ever again.

What was happening to me until my last try (around a month ago), was that the wizard asked me to introduce a password on my phone, but before I could even read the whole password, it would fail to connect.

Today I tried to hook up my cell to an Ubuntu with Gnome (The same desktop I use at home), and had no trouble sending files from the phone to the computer.

I just checked the /var/log/messages file when I plugged the bluetooth adaptor in and this is what I got:

Sep 11 15:18:15 arturo kernel: [500885.205034] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 11
Sep 11 15:18:15 arturo kernel: [500885.393526] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1caa, idProduct=0001
Sep 11 15:18:15 arturo kernel: [500885.393531] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

Still, my system claims I have no bluetooth adaptor installed.

Another problem I’m having regards a digital photo frame, which is also supposed to be used by plugging it into the usb port. Now, when I do plug it in, nothing happens on my computer side, but on the frame screen I see a link to the computer >:(

Again, looking at the /var/log/messages file, nothing new comes up…

This post is related to USB Digital Photo Fram:e (I think), since both problems are happening with the usb ports…

Actually, the frame I was using in that post was a different one (a pocket one), but the problem is the same. Here is the output of /var/log/messages


Sep 11 15:34:59 arturo kernel: [501889.717078] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 12
Sep 11 15:35:04 arturo kernel: [501894.917185] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0168, idProduct=3011
Sep 11 15:35:04 arturo kernel: [501894.917196] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Sep 11 15:35:04 arturo kernel: [501894.917204] usb 2-2: Product: TP-6801 USB Chip
Sep 11 15:35:04 arturo kernel: [501894.917210] usb 2-2: Manufacturer:      technology, inc.
Sep 11 15:35:04 arturo kernel: [501894.917216] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: General Purpose USB
Sep 11 15:35:04 arturo kernel: [501894.925994] scsi4 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
Sep 11 15:35:05 arturo kernel: [501895.936245] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Insignia NS-KEYXX10            PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Sep 11 15:35:05 arturo kernel: [501895.948199] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy
Sep 11 15:35:05 arturo kernel: [501895.948506] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
Sep 11 15:35:05 arturo kernel: [501895.948705] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
Sep 11 15:35:06 arturo kernel: [501896.048191] sr1: Hmm, seems the drive doesn't support multisession CD's

Finally, I use a digital camera to take pictures and never had any problem downloading them to my computer so… is this a driver problem?

This is the output of /var/log/messages when I plug the camera in:



Sep 11 15:40:24 arturo kernel: [502214.424095] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 13
Sep 11 15:40:24 arturo kernel: [502214.614543] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=30b5
Sep 11 15:40:24 arturo kernel: [502214.614554] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Sep 11 15:40:24 arturo kernel: [502214.614562] usb 2-2: Product: Canon Digital Camera
Sep 11 15:40:24 arturo kernel: [502214.614568] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Canon Inc.

Sorry for the long post, this is really annoying me. Thanks for your help!

I’m not familiar with Canon cameras, but you may need to make sure its in PTP mode, so that it can be mounted like a storage device. Does DigiKam (assuming you have this app installed) see it ok?

With regards to your digital photo frame, maybe you need to configure KDE4’s device notifier first. Does Dolphin show an icon (in ‘Places’ panel) for it?

Hi:

About the camera, I don’t have any problem with it. My problem is with the other usb devices (phone & photo frames). And I’m using gnome. Thanks!

Ok, you’ll have to wait for a Gnome user to assist.

Ok. Thanks!