On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:35:35AM +0300, Kimmo H?m?l?inen wrote: > On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 01:34, ext Larry Battraw wrote: > > What you're seeing is symptomatic of having switched the 770 to host > > mode via the "echo host > /sys/devices/platform/tahvo-usb/otg_mode" > > method. I have never gotten my 770 to work as a host this way, and > > it's sad that this is actually given as an alternative to using the > > flasher program because it doesn't seem to work. At one point I had > > my 770 set to host mode (via the flasher method) and had modified one > > of the init scripts to set it back to slave mode via "echo slave > > > /sys/devices/platform/tahvo-usb/otg_mode". After that "echo host > > > /sys/devices/platform/tahvo-usb/otg_mode" would make it switch back to > > host mode successfully, allowing it to be done on-the-fly. Not sure > > why doing it from the default slave mode doesn't work. > > Once you have host mode working you'll see info about your USB drive > > appear and a device created (Usually /dev/sda1) that you can mount. > > After you have done the 'echo host >...', it might work after > '/etc/init.d/ke-recv stop' and '/etc/init.d/ke-recv start', because > ke-recv checks the host mode only when it starts (in order to determine > whether the g_file_storage should be loaded or not when USB cable is > connected). I've updated http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowTo_SwitchToHostMode with this information. It would be nice if someone confirmed the "might work" part. (Can I buy a USB hub that provides power to the 770? I'm not all that proficient with soldering irons.) Marius Gedminas -- 31337 is a prime number, go figure... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20060918/15bc6ccb/attachment.pgp
