[PARTIALLY SOLVED]Arch and FirefoxOS

4p1C · 2014-07-28 13:27:11

Hi all,
I don't know exactly where this topic should be but, please, feel free to move it if necessary.
So, I just bought a new phone powered by a firefoxOS. First of all, when I connect the phone by USB, all I have in dmesg is :

[22083.111918] usb 3-3.4.2.4: new high-speed USB device number 14 using xhci_hcd
[22083.209770] usb-storage 3-3.4.2.4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[22083.209965] scsi13 : usb-storage 3-3.4.2.4:1.0
[22084.212245] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Linux    File-CD Gadget   0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22084.212701] scsi 13:0:0:1: Direct-Access     Linux    File-CD Gadget   0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22084.218335] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[22084.225213] sd 13:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

I activated the USB storage mode on my phone but I can't mount the internal or the SDcard inside. This is the first problem.
My second problem is that, according to this website , I should be able to connect to my phone by using the firefox's app-manager.
Actually, I can't even, see my device on the device list.
I think these problems are linked but, right now, I don't know what to do.
Any help is welcome
Cheers

Last edited by 4p1C (2014-08-19 09:20:42)

ANOKNUSA · 2014-07-28 13:35:37

Do you get any error messages when trying to mount the internal storage?

4p1C · 2014-07-28 13:39:32

Yes,
I have a message like that :

tovo@md36 ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/
mount: no medium found on /dev/sdb
[tovo@md36 ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/
mount: no medium found on /dev/sdc

tomk · 2014-07-28 13:56:08

I'll bet you 500 internets that this is nothing to do with Arch. You should probably ask wherever users of Firefox OS and/or your phone gather.

Have you tried it with any other host OS?

ninian · 2014-07-28 20:35:36

I have recently got a ZTE Open C with FirefoxOS and yes, it can connect to Arch fine when you have the USB storage option switched on. BUT I had a few hiccups connecting, but am away from my usual Arch system for a while so sorry, can't test it out at the moment. But it definitely worked as I copied across some music and other files - both to the internal storage and the micro SD card I had inserted.

Slithery · 2014-07-28 21:08:22

Are there any partitions on the block devices?

What's the output of...

lsblk -f

nomorewindows · 2014-07-28 21:10:55

The USB storage option is most likely the problem, although there could be other modes of operation.

4p1C · 2014-07-29 10:01:47

Thanks for your replies,
Unfortunately, lsblk -f gives nothing but sda.

nomorewindows wrote:

The USB storage option is most likely the problem, although there could be other modes of operation.

A member of FFOS comunity suggested me to look after MTP. I'm gonna try this way.

4p1C · 2014-07-29 13:26:17

Well I installed libmtp and gvfs-mtp but mtp-detect gives :

Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.libmtp version: 1.1.6

Listing raw device(s)
   No raw devices found.

runical · 2014-07-29 16:32:38

These may be two obvious suggestions, but I'll leave them anyway:
1) Are you sure that your USB cable is good?
2) Are you able to test this on a different OS (like windows)? If so, see if it works there.

ninian · 2014-07-30 08:41:43

Two other checks:
1) That your software is fully updated
2) That your connecting USB cable isn't too long

4p1C · 2014-07-31 07:28:08

Okay,
The cable is good, I can use it with another device.
My FirefoxOs is the latest available.
I tried on a windows 8.1 host but not better.
But, my windows skills are weaker so I'm not sure I've done right things.

runical · 2014-07-31 14:01:40

I don't know about firefoxOS, but my guess is that if you need to do something special to get it to work on windows (aside from installing drivers), something is wrong. This seems to confirm my guess.

Last edited by runical (2014-07-31 14:02:02)

4p1C · 2014-08-19 09:19:59

I think the issue is partially solved.
Indeed, when I put a SD card, I can read it through the device with Arch but, I have still no way to access to the internal memory of my phone.
Thanks for your help guys

ninian · 2014-08-19 17:02:25

4p1C wrote:

I think the issue is partially solved.
Indeed, when I put a SD card, I can read it through the device with Arch but, I have still no way to access to the internal memory of my phone.
Thanks for your help guys

Back to my usual Arch system and have checked with my ZTE Open C with Firefox OS v1.3.0.0, into which I've inserted a 2GB micro SD card.
Both the internal and added storage appears (devices /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc) when I connect to my computer with a USB cable (I'm using zuluMount by the way; udevil worked too). BUT the devices weren't seen initially, even though in Firefox OS's Settings the USB storage option was enabled. All I had to do to make the devices appear was to disable USB storage then re-enable it.

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#1 2014-07-28 13:27:11

[PARTIALLY SOLVED]Arch and FirefoxOS

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