How to access my BlackBerry

Mike Fleetwood mike.fleetwood at googlemail.com
Wed Apr 13 17:07:08 UTC 2011


Hi,

I am trying to access my BlackBerry Bold 9780 from my Fedora 14
default GNOME desktop so I can copy some music and ring tones to it.
But when I plug it in nothing happens.  However, my normal USB Key and
external hard drive work perfectly; when connected they are mounted
and Nautilus displays their contents.

I can see my phone is attached.
[mike at edge ~]$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0fca:8004 Research In Motion, Ltd.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:507b IMC Networks
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

And that it has been seen as a storage device.  Tail of /var/log/messages:
Apr 13 17:43:20 edge kernel: [  122.106221] usb 1-2: new high speed
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Apr 13 17:43:20 edge kernel: [  122.221386] usb 1-2: New USB device
found, idVendor=0fca, idProduct=8004
Apr 13 17:43:20 edge kernel: [  122.221400] usb 1-2: New USB device
strings: Mfr=1, Product=5, SerialNumber=3
Apr 13 17:43:20 edge kernel: [  122.221410] usb 1-2: Product: RIM
Composite Device
Apr 13 17:43:20 edge kernel: [  122.221418] usb 1-2: Manufacturer:
Research In Motion
Apr 13 17:43:20 edge kernel: [  122.221426] usb 1-2: SerialNumber:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Apr 13 17:43:20 edge kernel: [  122.234856] scsi3 : usb-storage 1-2:1.1
Apr 13 17:43:21 edge kernel: [  123.239031] scsi 3:0:0:0:
Direct-Access     RIM      BlackBerry SD    0003 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS
Apr 13 17:43:21 edge kernel: [  123.242806] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi
generic sg1 type 0
Apr 13 17:43:21 edge kernel: [  123.255192] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached
SCSI removable disk

Help appreciated.

TIA,
Mike


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