On Tuesday 13 January 2009 08:55:53 Mark Haney wrote: > Kevin Kempter wrote: > > Hi all; > > > > I bought a sanDisk sansa view (16G model). When I plug it into my Fedora > > 16 (x86_64) box and do a dmesg I see this: > > > > usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 > > usb 2-2: configuration #128 chosen from 1 choice > > usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=74b0 > > usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 > > usb 2-2: Product: Sansa View > > usb 2-2: Manufacturer: SanDisk > > usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 03534453443136478010790e6b00893f00000000 > > Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > > scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > > usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage > > USB Mass Storage support registered. > > usb-storage: device found at 3 > > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > > usb-storage: device scan complete > > usb 2-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 > > usb 2-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 > > usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 3 > > scsi 6:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery > > > > > > > > Any thoughts on how to correct or should I return it for something else? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > I have one of these and it took me a bit to figure out the problem. The > problem is the device can't be configured for MTP mode from the menu. > To get it to be seen by the system you need to: > > power it on. > turn on HOLD > on the wheel hold the left side down as you connect it to the system. > > That will put it in MTP mode and let the system see it as a normal USB > flash drive. > > > > -- > Frustra laborant quotquot se calculationibus fatigant pro inventione > quadraturae circuli > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > > Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support Thanks everyone for the input. Here's the deal; on this model you need to go to the system settings menu and set the USB mode to MSC as opposed to 'auto' After I did this I can connect the device, KDE auto-detects it and I can drag & drop music, videos, pics, etc and it picks 'em up. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines