Comments on: How to get BitPim to detect your cellphone in Ubuntu Linux http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/ Just another Wordpress.com weblog Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:04:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: polygon89 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-214 polygon89 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:16 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-214 First off, that is interesting that running it as sudo makes it work. I'm thinking its a permission issue, that the port is owned by root, so it does not work when bitpim is run as a normal user, but when you run it as a super user, it works magically. And second off, yeah when you shut down the terminal and it has ANYTHING running inside of it, killing the terminal will kill the application. You can get around this by making a launcher either on the panel or by going to system -> preferences -> Main Menu, and making the command be 'gksudo bitpim'', and when you run it, it will ask you for your password with a pop up window and it will be run under root. First off, that is interesting that running it as sudo makes it work. I’m thinking its a permission issue, that the port is owned by root, so it does not work when bitpim is run as a normal user, but when you run it as a super user, it works magically.

And second off, yeah when you shut down the terminal and it has ANYTHING running inside of it, killing the terminal will kill the application.

You can get around this by making a launcher either on the panel or by going to system -> preferences -> Main Menu, and making the command be ‘gksudo bitpim”, and when you run it, it will ask you for your password with a pop up window and it will be run under root.

]]> By: jonny rocket http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-213 jonny rocket Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:55:29 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-213 if i run bitpim as root/sudo it works fine. i open a terminal and type: $ sudo bitpim everything is detected and all the features work. when i shut down the terminal it also shuts down bitpim. thank you and have a nice day. if i run bitpim as root/sudo it works fine. i open a terminal and type:

$ sudo bitpim

everything is detected and all the features work. when i shut down the terminal it also shuts down bitpim.

thank you and have a nice day.

]]> By: polygon89 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-212 polygon89 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:14:02 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-212 @chrisbeets, to download a more recent package, visit this link, its the bitpim deb from ubuntu Karmic's repository: http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/all/bitpim/download simply select a mirror from there and download and install. the script is most likely trying to pull its own version of the bitpim package from some site that does not exist anymore, just simply select the option to enable hotplugging for your LG phone, but NOT to install bitpim, that way it won't error out. @chrisbeets,

to download a more recent package, visit this link, its the bitpim deb from ubuntu Karmic’s repository:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/all/bitpim/download

simply select a mirror from there and download and install.

the script is most likely trying to pull its own version of the bitpim package from some site that does not exist anymore, just simply select the option to enable hotplugging for your LG phone, but NOT to install bitpim, that way it won’t error out.

]]> By: fr0g http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-211 fr0g Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:45:37 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-211 Brilliant. Cheers mate. Brilliant. Cheers mate.

]]> By: chrisbeets http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-210 chrisbeets Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:15:48 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-210 hey, having some troubles, but got everything working in the terminal, but when i selected the lg button to install it, it says --2009-11-16 13:11:49-- http://ketsugi.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/binary-i386/bitpim_0.9.05-1_i386.deb Resolving ketsugi.com... 74.220.202.16 Connecting to ketsugi.com|74.220.202.16|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2009-11-16 13:11:49 ERROR 404: Not Found. ERROR: Download failed. Please try again later. PLEASEE HELP my phone broke and i need to see if this place called me. thanks hey, having some troubles, but got everything working in the terminal, but when i selected the lg button to install it, it says

–2009-11-16 13:11:49– http://ketsugi.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/binary-i386/bitpim_0.9.05-1_i386.deb
Resolving ketsugi.com… 74.220.202.16
Connecting to ketsugi.com|74.220.202.16|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
2009-11-16 13:11:49 ERROR 404: Not Found.

ERROR: Download failed. Please try again later.

PLEASEE HELP

my phone broke and i need to see if this place called me.
thanks

]]> By: sandrar http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-205 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:51:42 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-205 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: polygon89 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-198 polygon89 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:38:09 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-198 something changed in ubuntu 9.04 that i could not get bitpim to detect my phone either. I think the script might need to be updated cause of some new version of udev (or whatever its called) something changed in ubuntu 9.04 that i could not get bitpim to detect my phone either. I think the script might need to be updated cause of some new version of udev (or whatever its called)

]]> By: Mark http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-197 Mark Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:30:04 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-197 Great tutorial... I couldn't get it working, though. The MoPoL script ran just fine, I rebooted, and plugged in the phone (a Verizon LG VX-8300, which BitPim supports). I continue to have the following problem: In BitPim, I try to detect, it fails and takes me to the Setup page. When browsing COM ports, the phone shows up in two places (once as a modem, once as "Diagnostics Interface"), and they're both active but not "available for use". This same symptom happened before installing MoPoL. I'm running 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04 on AMD hardware. Any idea how to get it working? Great tutorial… I couldn’t get it working, though. The MoPoL script ran just fine, I rebooted, and plugged in the phone (a Verizon LG VX-8300, which BitPim supports). I continue to have the following problem:

In BitPim, I try to detect, it fails and takes me to the Setup page. When browsing COM ports, the phone shows up in two places (once as a modem, once as “Diagnostics Interface”), and they’re both active but not “available for use”.

This same symptom happened before installing MoPoL. I’m running 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04 on AMD hardware. Any idea how to get it working?

]]> By: redgs95 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-196 redgs95 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:00:05 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-196 Thanks a lot for the info it worked perfectly. Now i can do all the things to my phone without using windows.. Thanks a lot for the info it worked perfectly. Now i can do all the things to my phone without using windows..

]]> By: polygon89 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/how-to-get-bitpim-to-detect-your-cellphone-in-ubuntu-linux/#comment-190 polygon89 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:33:20 +0000 http://polygon89.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-190 thanks mimzy =) thanks mimzy =)

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