[SOLVED]samsung ace not detected

[nwtmg]

Hi,

Mageia not detecting my samsung ace phone. There is no mention of my phone in the lsusb listing. Any ideas? Thanks.

[doktor5000]

What Mageia version and what desktop environment do you use?
What USB mode is selected in the phone, MTP or mass storage?

Please do the following after unplugging your phone - Open a terminal, and as root run:

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journalctl -af

then wait a few seconds, and plugin the phone, and wait again fifteen seconds or so, until no new output appears.
Then post everything here.

[isadora]

What Mageia version and what desktop environment do you use?
What USB mode is selected in the phone, MTP or mass storage?

Please do the following after unplugging your phone - Open a terminal, and as root run:

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journalctl -af

then wait a few seconds, and plugin the phone, and wait again fifteen seconds or so, until no new output appears.
Then post everything here.

Thanks for the speedy response.
from uname -r 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5
the desktop is xfce
the output from journalctl -af is

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-- Logs begin at Fri 2015-06-26 15:23:30 BST. --
Jul 15 19:15:38 localhost.localdomain mgaapplet-update-checker[3718]: updating inactive backport media Core Backports, Nonfree Backports, Tainted Backports
Jul 15 19:15:38 localhost.localdomain mgaapplet-update-checker[3718]: running: urpmi.update Core Backports
Jul 15 19:15:38 localhost.localdomain pkexec[3744]: pam_tcb(polkit-1:session): Session opened for root by (uid=1000)
Jul 15 19:15:39 localhost.localdomain mgaapplet-update-checker[3718]: running: urpmi.update Nonfree Backports
Jul 15 19:15:39 localhost.localdomain pkexec[3754]: pam_tcb(polkit-1:session): Session opened for root by (uid=1000)
Jul 15 19:15:40 localhost.localdomain mgaapplet-update-checker[3718]: running: urpmi.update Tainted Backports
Jul 15 19:15:40 localhost.localdomain pkexec[3765]: pam_tcb(polkit-1:session): Session opened for root by (uid=1000)
Jul 15 19:15:43 localhost.localdomain mgaapplet[2821]: Checking... Updates are available
Jul 15 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkit-agent-helper-1[6726]: pam_tcb(polkit-1:auth): Authentication passed for root from (uid=1000)
Jul 15 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain pkexec[6724]: pam_tcb(polkit-1:session): Session opened for root by (uid=1000)

As you can see there is no mention of a phone. No mention of phone from dmesg command. I tried the usb connect using android with no result. Thanks.

[xboxboy]

Just my 2 cents:

1; Is the USB cable good? As time move on I find cables are less and less reliable.

2: Do you need a physical cable connection? I've installed sshelper app (from google play, free and open source) and then can use dolphin to access the phone.

[nwtmg]

Just my 2 cents:

1; Is the USB cable good? As time move on I find cables are less and less reliable.

2: Do you need a physical cable connection? I've installed sshelper app (from google play, free and open source) and then can use dolphin to access the phone.

Thanks for the info. Downloaded the server. Configured from dolphin and getting a connection but it keeps cancelling after a short time. Will persist,

[doktor5000]

You did not answer the question about what usb mode is selected on the phone.

You might also want to look at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/User:Jharms/ ... V1.0-17h30
which mentions some alternative modes to access your android phone. kde-connect worked best here.

[xboxboy]

Configured from dolphin and getting a connection but it keeps cancelling after a short time. Will persist,

Oh. I have had no trouble since moving to Mageia 5. It wouldn't work through dolphin on Mageia 4, but through CLI sftp and ssh work fine.

[doktor5000]

Configured from dolphin and getting a connection but it keeps cancelling after a short time. Will persist,

Oh. I have had no trouble since moving to Mageia 5. It wouldn't work through dolphin on Mageia 4, but through CLI sftp and ssh work fine.

Didn't work for me too, because sshelper and sshdroid and such will interactively change the home directory upon login,
but dolphin mandatorily expects you to provide a home directory (which is pretty dumb if you ask me).
Does not matter if I use fish:// or sftp://

[doktor5000]

Finally got something to work. Install ssh server from the olive tree software on my android samsung ace 2. Easy to install. Start wifi and select on android. Click green icon to start server and attach from dolphin using sftp://192.168.1.3:2222 . Worked first time perfectly. Let me know if you try it. Thanks to all for this post.

[doktor5000]

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