Phone...

[Annoying Moose]

We have another victim!

I recently obtained a Samsung Slyde SPH-M540 cell phone, and currently have it connected to my computer via USB. The cell phone appears to recognize my computer - it says it's connected, and has even taken the opportunity to charge its battery - but Ubuntu seems oblivious. No appropriate options seem to be available; no icons have appeared in the desktop, computer, /mnt, or /media folders.

When I run tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages in a terminal window, I get this:

May 17 15:47:50 eman-laptop kernel: [11345.205735] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 2
May 17 15:47:54 eman-laptop kernel: [11349.278447] usb 7-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
May 17 15:47:54 eman-laptop kernel: [11349.435414] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 17 15:47:54 eman-laptop kernel: [11349.438778] cdc_acm 7-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
May 17 15:50:28 eman-laptop kernel: [11503.148828] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 3
May 17 16:18:57 eman-laptop -- MARK --
May 17 16:38:23 eman-laptop kernel: [14372.861847] usb 7-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
May 17 16:38:23 eman-laptop kernel: [14373.021791] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 17 16:38:23 eman-laptop kernel: [14373.025254] cdc_acm 7-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
May 17 16:58:57 eman-laptop -- MARK --

[A-bot]

My phone will recognise it, and it will charge, Ubuntu just won't recognise it, and that's where the problem is.

[merlin_ie]

not sure if this will help you, but as you're using a data cable, maybe you should check the phone settings and in the section " PC connection ", you can choose " Mass Storage "..It's what I do with my Samsung Tocco. Hope this helps

[Annoying Moose]

"Helps" is too mild a word. From the main menu, I selected Tools, then Mass Storage, then Connect to PC, and voila: 8.0 GB Media icon on the desktop. It seems odd that it won't do that by itself automatically when it finds a connection, but at least it works. Thank you!

[merlin_ie]

glad to have helped