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Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

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Originally Posted by MohammadAG (Post 881077)

genisoimage - Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
wodim - command line CD/DVD writing tool

Use google (or search for their manpages) for instructions, I uploaded them to -devel a long time ago.

Thank you!

I will install and test

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

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Originally Posted by harrogate22 (Post 880928)

At the risk of getting my head bitten off for asking a totally dumb question, could I ask a totally dumb question? I'm like a lot of avid followers of this thread, quite ignorant about the technical details, but extremely grateful to those who are making Host-Mode possible. So, here it goes: how, as a non-technical user, do I implement Host-mode? Or is it not at that stage yet, in which case, is it likely to be made available for non-experts to implement?

Thanks again for all the effort put into this by the various contributors.

It is NOT in a stage for a non-technical user yet.

to make this work, it needs to install several extras-devel packages, including core phone things like the kernel, and hit the ugly buttons that mohammad has packaged in the ui.

when it doesnt work, there is no cute error message, and no easy error explanation, you need to run several terminal commands to get very technical help that usually means nothing for a non-technical user.

And when you come here asking for help, non-technical users get RTFMs and a lot of insults, for not doing the proper research, and for installing extras-devel packages without knowing what are doing

Thats why it's still in a "beta" stage, even if it's under active development.

and, again, it's still not recomended for non-technical users

and no, it's not a dumb question, it's just that non-technical users dont read warning messages, even this one.

or at least, its my humble advice.

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

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Originally Posted by clasificado (Post 881202)

to make this work, it needs to install several extras-devel packages, including core phone things like the kernel, and hit the ugly buttons that mohammad has packaged in the ui.

when it doesnt work, there is no cute error message, and no easy error explanation, you need to run several terminal commands to get very technical help that usually means nothing for a non-technical user.

Oi! They're not that ugly ;)

About error messages though, I'm working on them, I'm still new to C++/Qt :)

@ teamer, you could try, if they use the same drivers as the N900's Broadcom chip it might work, otherwise, you'll need drivers, you could try anyways :)

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

dear mohammed

what about the camera is it working on kernel power 46 or not ??!!

or they need the same package on previous kernel . because on previous kernel power working very fine but in the new kernel power 46 the same problem

p.s : i'm upgrade the hostmode 0.3 and the camera not working :confused:

plz help me or us :D

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

Hey great app. I just have a question. Is it possible to use a usb splitter with the hostmode?
It is AC powered so power is not a problem.

If it works, if I add different devices what hostmode speed should I select? i.e. mouse and flash drive

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

@linux511
We are not the power kernel maintainers. Please ask questions about camera support in power kernel to the power kernel maintainers. This is about hostmode

@bachagabriel
please read this complete thread it has even pictures about hubs being used with N900 hostmode (if hub == splitter, otherwise please explain what a splitter actually is)
A USB hub does speed rate conversion so best use highest speed to connect to hub

/j

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

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Originally Posted by joerg_rw (Post 881731)

Actually just tested it out. It's working.I have connected my mouse and keyboard to my N900 and they both work :)

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Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

Seems that hen GUI does not detach devices on close. lshal still lists USB devices as present after hostmode is deactivated. Is it possible a sequence like following to be implemented on GUI close

-power off VBUS
-bus is re-enumerated , so devices are removed from hal device list.
.
.
.
-bme started

I know above is naive, but you should get the idea

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

As a quick step to making life easier when mounting USB filesystems (I hate typing more than necessary on that tiny keyboard), I've build pmount for maemo based on debian version 0.9.20, the latest that will work with debhelper version 5. I had to modify it to remove the 'user' option when mounting as this isn't supported by busybox. What this means is that you can simply type (for example):

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pmount sda1 <label>

to create the mountpoint /media/sda1 (or /media/<label> if you specified <label>) and mount /dev/sda1 on it. And similarly

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pumount sda1

to unmount and destroy the mount point.

To install (I guess if you don't know how to do this then maybe you shouldn't be trying, but really it is very easy), download the attachment to your N900 then type:

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sudo dpkg --install pmount_0.9.20-1-0busybox_armel.deb
sudo adduser user plugdev

then (possibly) reboot the device to reload the user and group information. There may be a smarter way to do this, but it was easier just to reboot.

Re: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release

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i m using nokia n900 v.pr3 aslo dual booting maemo 5 nd nitdroid........

so kernel power v46 need...... but my kernel v 2.6.28-omap1

so how to change nd how to mount...... i hav female converter....... pls help me......... pls give me any solution in here or mail me kawsarhossain@gmail.com