[GRLUG] usb stuff

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 03:54:05PM -0400, Steve Romanow wrote:
> >>>>>On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM,<topher at t1kdevelopment.com>  wrote:
> >>>>>>I have a sansa clip that works great in linux.  Every now and again
> >>>>>>though,
> >>>>>>plugging in USB things seems to not be noticed, or only half noticed by
> >>>>>>my
> >>>>>>system.
[snip]
> >Best remaining suggestion is to try different USB ports. Other than
> >that, it may be dying. Relevant bits of dmesg on the "half-working"
> >occasions would be interesting.
> >
> Is the sansa seen as a mass storage device, or do you have to use
> the stupid mtp stuff?

I have a Sansa clip.  It works with Debian in either MTP (with
Rhythmbox) or MSD modes.  Occasionally it won't get recognized so I just
unplug it and plug it in again (same port).  Voilá.  :-)
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