wartstew | # 11 | 2008-07-08, 03:48 | Report

I don't uderstand this line. Was this an error message or instructions of what to use instead of USB Control?

I have USB Control running under Diablo in that it enables my USB keyboard to work, but not the thumb drive that did work in Chinook. Yes, and I did try itterations of plugging and unplugging the thing.

Bard | # 12 | 2008-07-08, 07:43 | Report

Sorry about my last post.. I just realize that USB control already installed on my Diablo when I use app manager - bowse installable app menu to install many app once I flash my N810 to Diablo.

The only problem I can't get USB Control enable is I'm lack of installing USB OTG Plugin. When I found it yesterday at garage.maemo, build by Kate Alhola, I install it, now the USB Control activated.

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krisse | # 13 | 2008-07-16, 15:35 | Report

Yes, I installed maemo-control-usb, but it keeps saying "module insertion has failed" when I try keyboards and USB drives that worked with USB Control.

The description of maemo-control-usb says it allows you to switch the tablet to host mode, but I can't see any way of actually doing it.

Can anyone help?

qwerty12 | # 14 | 2008-07-16, 15:39 | Report

maemo-control-usb is for setting usb networking mode. While it will trip the tablet into host mode, it will also remove the g_file_storage module and replace it with g_ether which means usb drives will not show up naturally.

I can compile and modify the source of maemo-control-usb to just set the tablet into host mode and not do anything else but in reality, would that be of any use?

krisse | # 15 | 2008-07-16, 15:43 | Report

It gives me exactly the same error message with keyboards though.

All I really want host mode for is access to a USB keyboard which I presumed would just need host mode.

qwerty12 | # 16 | 2008-07-16, 15:47 | Report

Dunno, but having g_ether in memory doesn't seem to be working well for you, keyboard or usb drive.

If you cannot find a program that seems to install for you, just run as root in the x-terminal:
echo host > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode

krisse | # 17 | 2008-07-16, 15:53 | Report

USB Control worked for me on Chinook, but that no longer installs for me on Diablo presumably because of the extras debacle.


This is probably going to come as a shock but I don't actually understand any of that except "x-terminal".

I assume that's a command to manually put it in host mode, which I'd have to type in every time I want to put the tablet into host mode?

qwerty12 | # 18 | 2008-07-16, 15:59 | Report

Try this package, I've edited the control file to have python-runtime instead of python2.5-runtime as it's dependency (python2.5-runtime does not exist in diablo extras).

You may have to install python-runtime manually using application manager in red pill mode. After that, this will install.

Attached Files

usbcontrol-1.0_all.modfied.deb (8.6 KB, 196 views)

krisse | # 19 | 2008-07-16, 16:13 | Report

Thanks very much for that, but this is far more trouble than I'd bargained for. I'm trying to stick to methods that casual users could cope with.

I've just been looking at maemo-control-usb again in the app manager, and the description talks about it supporting "switching between file storage, ethernet networking device and USB host mode" and "contains control panel applet for selecting USB device or host modes". To me that sounds like USB host mode and ethernet networking are two separate things, but the applet doesn't actually seem to offer anything but ethernet stuff.

qwerty12 | # 20 | 2008-07-16, 16:19 | Report

Hmm, you may be able to push konttori to update this package for diablo.

Basically, it sets the tablet into host mode but it then unloads the g_file_storage module which it seems quite a few devices depend on. Trying to use this to set it into host mode and reversing the changes while keeping it in host mode sounds more complicated then trying to install the package above.