Ron Gibson
2017-10-29 14:06:17 UTC
OS: Slack 14.1x64 using stock kernel
I've used Slackware Linux since the beginning when it came on floppies
and the kernel was version .9 but I have to admit getting some devices
to work is sometimes a challenge, none of which I have not been able
to overcome though
I also have used Windows and OS/2 in multiboot configurations. But
when I had a problem with those other OSs often it is Slackware that
I've used to fix them.
So here is the problem: For some unknown reason Windows 7 installed on
two desktops (identical machines with identical software setups) and a
Laptop with a slightly different version (Windows 7 Pro on laptop
verses Windows 7 Ultimate on desktops) will no longer install the
drivers for my cellphone and tablet when plugged in via USB cable.
The astounding thing about this is it happens with two different
mobile devices - A Kindle Fire HD6 (Load this with media to watch on
long plane trips) and my cell phone on the 2 desktops and the Laptop.
One week they all mounted fine and then a few weeks later no go and I
seldom ever change anything on my Thinkpad.
Its not the cables or a bad USB port - I've used other cables and
ports. Anyway the probability of different cables and USB ports across
3 different machines to all fail at once is next to zero.
Nor is this problem rare as Google turns up hundreds of people with
the same problem, especially those with Samsung cellphones.
OTOH my Canon point and shoot camera mounts just fine under windoze
albeit I am not sure if they are using some Linux variant but I would
bet they do. Only the Android based tablets and phones are having this
problem. Speculation - Often your Android OS get updated without your
consent. I know of no way to track down the offending change and
rolling it back. That's the only thing that makes sense so I give up
trying to do this with windoze. I can access the devices via FTP using
ES File Explorer, which is dog slow and cannot access the 32 GB SD
card in the LG cellphone all of a sudden either - another unexpected
change and the only solution for that (which was the result of an
Android update) is to root the device and risk bricking it.
Needless to say I am pissed as I have 20 GB of movies and music on the
cell's SD card. I can delete flies off the SD card using the built in
file manager but can not load them and do not have enough space to
transfer even 1 GB to the phones built in memory and then use the
phone again to transfer to SD card. If do not want to risk rooting the
LG phone the only solution is to buy an SD card reader and transfer
files that way and put it back in the phone which will be a pain.
I've found instructions on how to do this using Ubuntu but I am not
going to install that (I don't like it anyway) just for this issue.
I've googled my tail off trying to find the steps to do this with
Slackware and its all Linux so what you can do with one distro you
should be able to do with another.
So can someone help me out with this or point me to a web article that
has the steps needed to just mount the phone. Frankly I am not even
sure that the phone and tablet will cooperate even if mounted but its
worth a try before I try to root it or buy another phone. Also not
sure what type of device the device will be mounted as but I would
assume it will be mounted as a block device and be designated as
something like /dev/sdd for example.
HELP :)
Thanks in advance.
I've used Slackware Linux since the beginning when it came on floppies
and the kernel was version .9 but I have to admit getting some devices
to work is sometimes a challenge, none of which I have not been able
to overcome though
I also have used Windows and OS/2 in multiboot configurations. But
when I had a problem with those other OSs often it is Slackware that
I've used to fix them.
So here is the problem: For some unknown reason Windows 7 installed on
two desktops (identical machines with identical software setups) and a
Laptop with a slightly different version (Windows 7 Pro on laptop
verses Windows 7 Ultimate on desktops) will no longer install the
drivers for my cellphone and tablet when plugged in via USB cable.
The astounding thing about this is it happens with two different
mobile devices - A Kindle Fire HD6 (Load this with media to watch on
long plane trips) and my cell phone on the 2 desktops and the Laptop.
One week they all mounted fine and then a few weeks later no go and I
seldom ever change anything on my Thinkpad.
Its not the cables or a bad USB port - I've used other cables and
ports. Anyway the probability of different cables and USB ports across
3 different machines to all fail at once is next to zero.
Nor is this problem rare as Google turns up hundreds of people with
the same problem, especially those with Samsung cellphones.
OTOH my Canon point and shoot camera mounts just fine under windoze
albeit I am not sure if they are using some Linux variant but I would
bet they do. Only the Android based tablets and phones are having this
problem. Speculation - Often your Android OS get updated without your
consent. I know of no way to track down the offending change and
rolling it back. That's the only thing that makes sense so I give up
trying to do this with windoze. I can access the devices via FTP using
ES File Explorer, which is dog slow and cannot access the 32 GB SD
card in the LG cellphone all of a sudden either - another unexpected
change and the only solution for that (which was the result of an
Android update) is to root the device and risk bricking it.
Needless to say I am pissed as I have 20 GB of movies and music on the
cell's SD card. I can delete flies off the SD card using the built in
file manager but can not load them and do not have enough space to
transfer even 1 GB to the phones built in memory and then use the
phone again to transfer to SD card. If do not want to risk rooting the
LG phone the only solution is to buy an SD card reader and transfer
files that way and put it back in the phone which will be a pain.
I've found instructions on how to do this using Ubuntu but I am not
going to install that (I don't like it anyway) just for this issue.
I've googled my tail off trying to find the steps to do this with
Slackware and its all Linux so what you can do with one distro you
should be able to do with another.
So can someone help me out with this or point me to a web article that
has the steps needed to just mount the phone. Frankly I am not even
sure that the phone and tablet will cooperate even if mounted but its
worth a try before I try to root it or buy another phone. Also not
sure what type of device the device will be mounted as but I would
assume it will be mounted as a block device and be designated as
something like /dev/sdd for example.
HELP :)
Thanks in advance.