Originally Posted by peterleinchen (Post 965325)

Hmm, are You using standard Nokia file manager?
I do not think, that that this will work at all.

Did You enaple ntfs module prior to starting h-e-n?
You also need to mount as Mohammad said.

Originally Posted by peterleinchen (Post 966045)

Originally Posted by NiQ (Post 965763)

OK, apparently the problem of not being able to mount CD-ROMs is due to the modules cdrom.ko, sr_mod.ko and sg.ko being missing from the kernel-power-modules package. I'll try to compile them from source and ask titan to include them in the official package.

Originally Posted by NiQ (Post 968973)

Regarding that earlier post I made - confirmed this is due to missing modules. These modules are included in the original h-e-n hostmode kernel (that's how there are a few videos out there showing the N900 play DVD's etc) but they are not included in kernel-power.
The bad news: You cannot transfer the modules from the old hostmode kernel to kernel-power because of symbol differences.
If you try compiling them against kernel-power-headers you will be able to get cdrom.ko and sg.ko to load but not sr_mod.ko, which means that it's as good as nothing.

Only solutions to that problem:
1. Revert back to the original hostmode kernel (and lose all the other unrelated improvements that kernel-power features).
2. Recompile kernel-power and add support for necessary modules (such as CD-ROM). I've written a very thorough guide on how to do that.
3. Since I've already done method 2, I now have a kernel image based on kernel-power 46 with support for CD-ROM drives and DVB dongles. I may upload it and post a download link once I've tested it and am more-or-less confident there are no problems or regressions. If you want it earlier, please send me a PM.

Originally Posted by NiQ (Post 968973)

Regarding that earlier post I made - confirmed this is due to missing modules. These modules are included in the original h-e-n hostmode kernel (that's how there are a few videos out there showing the N900 play DVD's etc) but they are not included in kernel-power.

Originally Posted by Asbahl (Post 970915)

Guy,

a) I'm using the kernel-power 46-wl1 that has the bleeding-edge WLAN driver for packet injections. It's important remember the source code is shared;

b) I live in Brazil and the digital tv standard here is ISDB not DVB.

There would be some way to add this drive in a kernel-power 46-wl1?

Originally Posted by joerg_rw (Post 971219)

Thank you so much for straightening that. I'll go to push PK maintainer to fix this extremely annoying flaw. In the meantime we might consider to host the fixed PK on h-e-n garage.

thanks
jOERG

Originally Posted by NiQ (Post 972283)

Sure, my custom kernel does not actually include any source changes, only configuration changes (i.e. include the drivers that were missing). It should be possible to recompile kernel-power-wl1 and add these drivers to the configuration as well.

About TV/DVB/ISDB - I have to admit that I've yet to succeed in watching TV through the N900. The driver loads but still doesn't really work with the DVB dongle that I have and there's also the issue of userspace software which may have to be patched and/or recompiled from source. Anyway, the whole watching TV issue is still in its infancy and should not be considered as working by anyone. Adding the kernel drivers for DVB is just a first step in the right direction, therefore I think that your concern is a bit premature. CD/DVD drive / CD writing support is confirmed working, though.
On the second hand, you do have a point here - ISDB support is very new in Linux and AFAIK preliminary support was added to the Linux kernel in version 2.6.32 - which is newer than the version used by N900 (2.6.28). If we want this to happen, we may have to upgrade the N900 to a newer kernel - which is a big project.


Would really like to see that happening. I'm gonna send cheve my custom kernel for testing today and if he reports no problems I'll send you the binary (no need for sources as the only changes are configuration).

Originally Posted by Schturman (Post 972785)

Please Help !
It's my first time for using USB host mode...
After connecting I can see and play files on my SD card by card reader - no problem..
But when I tried to transfer this files to the phone - it's failed all the time... it's procure 10-20% and stops, card reader shuts down.. something like auto unmount.. I tried with another card reader - the same result. Restart the phone did not help...
After that I tried to transfer from SD card to memory card on the phone (it's the first time I put memory card in my phone..), transfer succeeded. Here reveals a new problem..
When I tried to move the file from a memory card in to the phone to one of the folders in MyDocs - I got a message that "you don't have permission, the file system read-only!"..
I was in shock.. I tried to transfer files in MyDocs from one folder to another and I got the same message... and again, restart the phone did not help...
All this stuff I tried with default file manager and with FileBox...
Now I can not do anything with the files - not copy, not move... only running..
What can I do? How I can change this permission ?
Thanks

Originally Posted by Schturman (Post 973867)

ok.. after "big" reboot, the filebox is loaded correctly..
I think about two things why the filebox not worked:
1) The filebox not like and can't work with usb host mode..
2) The filebox work with root access, and this not compatible to work with usb host mode..

Someone, any ideas ? or why filebox crashed when his work with usb host mode..
Thanks

Originally Posted by andyt12 (Post 974545)

From reading the last 19 pages it seems hostmode is working rather well, It looks like most of the issues are user error and not understanding how linux works.

Originally Posted by cheve (Post 975909)

@ahbarnasha: for USB drive, sometime I have to select umount and then mount again to make it work. Also please note that it was said that you may need to wait for sometime(may be upto 1min.; I don't remember the recommended time) for the system to sort out everything.

In any case, did the log report the name of the manufacturer and product for your USB drive or mouse, if it does then the good news is that h.e.n. is most likely working as design; and the bad news is that there are issue with drivers or other thing in play that is causing you the problem.

good luck,
cheers,

Originally Posted by mehdi.gl (Post 986515)

This is the message error shown when connecting a mouse for example