usb controller won't open
 

Just got the 810 and am trying to get a flash drive to work with it. Downloaded usb controller but when I go to extras and tap on it, nothing happens. Any suggestions?

Re: usb controller won't open
 

Hello world,

I have exactly same problem as the above user. Nothing happens when I try to open USBControl from Extras. I'm running OS2008 on N800. I tried installing from various repos etc. and I even tried maemo-control-usb but that gives me "module insertion failed".

Please someone tell us if there is some magical trick you have to do to get this to work!

Thanks in advance.

Re: usb controller won't open
 

Run python2.5 `which usbcontrol` and post its output here.

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I dunno about the N810 but i get "/usr/bin/usbcontrol"

Fred

Re: usb controller won't open
 

I'm also having the same issue. Just purchased the n810 last week.

I download usbcontrol and I click on it to open under my applications and it does nothing.

Tried rebooting, unisntalling re-installing, tried the download from maemo downloads, from the appication downloader, all same result.

Hope someone can find a fix for this soon as it would be a useful feature I could take advantage of

Re: usb controller won't open
 

Ok, I was having the same problem and I posted a thread too, not knowing about this one. Nonetheless I think I figured it out. Usb control isn't working but you can do this:
Download maemo-control-usb:

Search for it exactly like it is spelled in the download page of this site.

It is better to save it to the device, then open it in the file manager.

Then, download usb-otg-plugin:

Link: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_...elease_id=1473

Just click on the file in the pink highlighted area.

Once you have installed everything you will notice a usb symbol at the top of the device. Plug your drive in and then click on the symbol. In the drop down menu, click USB UTG host mode. It will say that the drive is not recognized, but just ignore it. If you go to file manager, you will find your drive in all its glory. Exciting, huh. Good luck.

Re: usb controller won't open
 

hey, thanks so much for that, works like a dream.
I used to have it working on chinook via the old messy way of swapping files about via emelFM2 etc but couldn't get it to work under diablo.

this is simple and elegant too. nice one, cheers!

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you, my friend, are the f'n man.

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tmac20031 : you just saved my day. thank you so much, this alternative works like a charm on my n800.

Fred

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No problem guys. I was just as excited when I figured it out after a few hours pulling my hair out. I did it this way though because it seems better than usb control that requires you open a program(when it works). This is more convenient and I suggest it to everybody. Later.

P.S. If you want this feature to watch videos, the suggested conversion is 400x240. 128 Kb/s audio and I think 768 Kb/s video works. FormatFactory 1.9 is a pretty good free video converter.

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Great thanks. but I still have a problem ie my 1 gig ext formatted stick works ok as does my phone 16 meg internal and 4 gig external memory but my 4 gig fat 32 stick says no file system available. It works ok under windows. I take it , it is a format issue with the memory stick.

Re: usb controller won't open
 

I'm (out of the blue) having the same problem with USB Control. It worked fine for over a month on my N810, even after uninstalling, reinstalling, rebooting, etc., and although I admit that I've tried just about every piece of software out there for the N810, I did recently reflash my N810 and reinstall just the few apps I wanted, and USB Control worked fine after that, too. Now? Nothing. I found the usb-otg-plugin suggestion in another thread, but I'm curious, why do you suggest installing Maemo-control-USB first? Is it necessary/required? I'm just running usb-otg-plugin without USB Control or Maemo-control-usb, and USB host mode is working just fine.

-- Chris

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The program seems to work but I somehow lost the USB icon at the top, not the only that comes on when a USB drive is attached, but there was another one, but it disappeared. Can I get that back somehow? I tried unstalling both programs and reinstalling, but nothing. And, it doesn't recognize my mouse or keyboard. Is there any way to get USB mouses or keyboards to work?

Also, you don't need maemo-control to run the OTG application to get the USB drives to work.

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Does anyone find that their battery drains with this program loaded?

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I managed to get usb controller to run by adding
/usr/bin/run-standalone.sh to /etc/sudoers with NOPASSWD

I'm pretty unsure about what I'm doing but now i can start usb control.

Re: usb controller won't open
 

as long as its in usb host mode, there is polling being done on the port to check for inserted devices, iirc...

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A lot of usb sticks want more power than the 100 mA the NITs can supply.

Then you connect the usb device through a powered usb hub to the NIT.

For formatting several posts recommend Panasonic's flash memory formatting program.

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:( plzzz help me here!! i was using this great method since 1 month untill today when i reflashed my n810 i wanted to reinstall the usb-otg-plugin and it seems like it's outdated or somthing as it appears zero size when open it in file maneger for downloading!! and when i continue downloading there is nothing no usb sympol on statusbar or anything? can u help or confirm it?

thanx in advance to all of ya :)

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sorry guys forget it! i was doing somthing wrong !! it worked well as explained in this thread :)

still thanx to u all ;)

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opps! yes i'm back again! guys did any body notice his n810 freezs episodes after installing the Otg-usb on statusbar! after 1 mysterious reason of why my n810 with the latest upgrade or firmware freezes i just found out strangely that this app causing the whole problem!! :-( coz as soon as uninstall it my tablet just worked fine for 2 days now!!! any clue ideas experties about this! and any alternative app to use the usb for my external sticks and memory cards reader? it will be mucb preciated.
as always thanx in advance guys.

Re: usb controller won't open
 

Mine reads the 128MB FATusb but doesn't read the 16GB FAT32, not even my 1GB FAT usb.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance