Hardware Devices

hAX0r wrote:
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> out there? Particularly, what are the options if i want to connect my nokia
> 6600 fone to transfer files and pix? I dont ask for anything gui like the
<snip>

that realy depends on how the phone is announcing itself. if it's a
standard USB (i'm assuming) mass storage device, then yes. it will show
as a standard hdd when connected. if it's using another proprietary
interface, then it probably won't work.
the gphoto project has support for a LOT of digital cameras, but no
telling about how/if the phone is detected. try Knoppix (Linux live
CD)or FreeSBIE (FreeBSD live CD) and see if it's detected.

"james <at> hal-pc.org hal-pc.org >" <"james <at> wrote in message
news:40fc0ab2$0$449$be864849@news.hal-mli.net...
> hAX0r wrote:
> <snip>
> > out there? Particularly, what are the options if i want to connect my
nokia
> > 6600 fone to transfer files and pix? I dont ask for anything gui like
the
> <snip>
>
> that realy depends on how the phone is announcing itself. if it's a
> standard USB (i'm assuming) mass storage device, then yes. it will show
> as a standard hdd when connected. if it's using another proprietary
> interface, then it probably won't work.
> the gphoto project has support for a LOT of digital cameras, but no
> telling about how/if the phone is detected. try Knoppix (Linux live
> CD)or FreeSBIE (FreeBSD live CD) and see if it's detected.
>

Its connected through usb ir.
there's a project supporting lots of digital
cameras? does this work in FreeBSD? is it already usable
or still buggy? If its usable, I'd rather use it and buy a digicam than use
my phone and end up using windows. But it would be better of course if it
would support my fone directly. btw, where can i find this project?

Wendz.
Pleez, no FreeBSD vs Linux.
United we stand, divided we fall
in fighting against this micro$oft troll.

In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc hAX0r <hAx0r RemoveThis @hax0r.net> wrote:
> "james <at> hal-pc.org hal-pc.org >" <"james <at> wrote in message
> > hAX0r wrote:
> > > out there? Particularly, what are the options if i want to connect my
> > > nokia 6600 fone to transfer files and pix? I dont ask for anything gui
> > > like the
> >
> > that realy depends on how the phone is announcing itself. if it's a
> > standard USB (i'm assuming) mass storage device, then yes. it will show
> > as a standard hdd when connected. if it's using another proprietary
> > interface, then it probably won't work.

The 'official' Nokia USB data cables (DKU-2 and DKU-5) don't work properly on
FreeBSD. I've been fiddling a bit over the last week trying to hack up a
driver to get my shiny new DKU-5 cable to work, but I'm not getting anywhere
fast. Very strange sort of device.

> > the gphoto project has support for a LOT of digital cameras, but no
> > telling about how/if the phone is detected. try Knoppix (Linux live CD)or
> > FreeSBIE (FreeBSD live CD) and see if it's detected.
>
> Its connected through usb ir.

If you're USB->IR toy is supported, you should have no problem talking to your
phone then. My laptop has a built-in IR which behaves like a serial port, and
I can use BirDA and gnokii (both in the ports tree, check under comms), for
talking to my phone.

> there's a project supporting lots of digital cameras? does this work in
> FreeBSD? is it already usable or still buggy?

In my experience, many (most?) digital cameras are just USB mass storage
devices, so you should be able to just mount them. If you erase them, make
sure to format them as FAT. I'm not sure how a camera would react to a UFS
filesystem

> If its usable, I'd rather use it and buy a digicam than use my phone and end
> up using windows. But it would be better of course if it would support my
> fone directly. btw, where can i find this project?

You should just be able to use your phone over the IR with gnokii. Try it.

- Philip

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In comp.os.linux.hardware hAX0r <hAx0r.RemoveThis@hax0r.net> wrote:

> Its connected through usb ir. there's a project supporting lots of
> digital cameras? does this work in FreeBSD? is it already usable or
> still buggy? If its usable, I'd rather use it and buy a digicam than
> use my phone and end up using windows. But it would be better of
> course if it would support my fone directly. btw, where can i find
> this project?

In my knowledgebase's hardware category, you'll find a link called "Help
Resources", on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Hardware/ . That's my
centralised link farm for information on Linux support for various types
of hardware. (Much of that information is also, I expect, usable for
*BSD.) Included are links specifically for USB and IR.

I expect that pretty much everything you need to read will be findable
from that page, including:

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~torkel/computer/ipaq/irda_cellphone_ppp.html
http://gnokii.org/faq.shtml

I note that the latter (Gnokii FAQ) lists the Nokia model 6610 as
specifically supported, so if your Nokia 6600 isn't far different, you
should be fine.

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