Android, ADB, a useful script for copying files

2013-10-08 Thread David Emerson
By request, here is the script I use to copy multiple files from my android phone to my debian box, over the usb cable using ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Prerequisites: - adb. I am using android 4.1.2, which requires adb 1.0.31 - busybox (I think you need root to install busybox, not sure) -

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mounting a Samsung Galaxy S3.

2013-10-07 Thread David Emerson
I simply wanted to share that I've been happy with a completely different (and fully CLI) approach/solution: the android debug bridge. IIRC JellyBean requires adb version 1.0.31, which I had to compile for squeeze (and which is also provided within the android development tools package

keyboard keycodes (squeeze)

2013-10-02 Thread David Emerson
I've just purchased an external keyboard for my laptop, and the keycodes reported by xev (and showkey on VT) are not as expected. The keyboard is an IBM SK-8840; the laptop is an IBM Thinkpad, with a very similar keyboard. Both keyboards include two extra keys by the arrow keys, designated

bad md5sum for initrd in hd-media?

2005-11-18 Thread David Emerson
Hi there, I downloaded initrd.gz and vmlinuz from: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/other/hd-media/2.6/ (I'm intending to install sarge from hard drive on a computer with a flaky cd-rom) There are md5sums at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/other/MD5SUMS My

Re: bad md5sum for initrd in hd-media?

2005-11-18 Thread David Emerson
Almut wrote: On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 01:21:22PM -0700, David Emerson wrote: I downloaded initrd.gz and vmlinuz from: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/other/hd-media/2.6/ (I'm intending to install sarge from hard drive on a computer with a flaky cd-rom

newer kernel for non-bootable sarge

2005-11-18 Thread David Emerson
Hi there, I ran into a nasty problem while trying to install sarge: The 2.6.8 kernel has a bug that won't allow my computer to boot. (( I have a compaq armada 1750 laptop. It has issues... )) (( In the past, I've never been able to get my mouse to work with a 2.4 kernel, and it's always been