PSP + Ubuntu (linux)

[Fittersman]

does anyone use their psp with ubuntu or linux because mine wont let me write to it because it says its a read only disk, so if you have gotten it to work please tell me how, as i dont have windows...

[NoQuarter]

I edited my fstab to give write permission to mine.
You could post your /etc/fstab and let me take a look at it.

[Fittersman]

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda3 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=c2ae9dee-083f-4179-917d-72913f4ee495 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hda5 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=aacd1c57-3356-4bf9-a882-50b1a8034bce /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/hda1 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=3F51-2587 /media/hda1 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/hda2 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=926437196436FF91 /media/hda2 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/hda6 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=9ad1150c-e621-4f6c-a00d-573e59674062 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

[NoQuarter]

Okay I don't see your psp in there,was it mounted when you looked at the fstab?
In most distro's I've tried it's listed as /dev/sda1.
All I see are your main partitions.
Are you using gnome kde or other?
You should be able to right click on the icon and mount it writable - at least in kde.
It was listed in the actions menu from the right click.

EDIT: okay I see it now
UUID=3F51-2587 /media/hda1 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
I think that's it.
Edgy uses a newer kernel than my slackware,I tink the fstab configuration is a little different
If you boot a live cd with your psp mounted as writable then copy the relevant line to replace the current one for your psp.
I had to do this using knoppix once.

[Fittersman]

ya it was mounted when i looked at it...

and i use gnome i think (ubuntu edgy 6.10)

the right click thing doesnt work, i cant change its permissions because it is a read only disk

[NoQuarter]

I edited my previous post,I think it's the one with vfat as the filesystem.
I would try replacing it with the line from the live cd ( if it's writable when you use the live cd).
Cap'n 1 time uses ubuntu I think,maybe he could help you a little better than me.
I'll google around and see If I can find anything.

[Fittersman]

i dont think that would be it, i think hda is hard drives, when i plugged it in it was labeled as psp, i htink the computer thought it was an ipod because that is the icon it uses for it.

[NoQuarter]

Yeah the psp shows up as an ipod on my buddies fedora core 6,It works fine though.

Here's my fstab:
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1 vfat noauto,users,exec 1 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb2 vfat noauto,users,exec 1 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb3 vfat noauto,users,exec 1 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

I set up three entries for my three usb ports and can mount my psp as writable to any of them.
You may want to make sure your mount point has the proper permissions as well.

[Fittersman]

I set up three entries for my three usb ports and can mount my psp as writable to any of them.
You may want to make sure your mount point has the proper permissions as well.


how do i do that?

[SpooForBrains]

This seems to be a fairly common problem with Ubuntu. I googled it and saw a few reports but no fixes. All I can suggest is getting on IRC to irc.freenode.org and asking someone in #ubuntu.

[Fittersman]

This seems to be a fairly common problem with Ubuntu. I googled it and saw a few reports but no fixes. All I can suggest is getting on IRC to irc.freenode.org and asking someone in #ubuntu.

thats probably a good idea but it asks me for a username and password and there is no way to set one up as far as i can see, it just has a little pop-up that asks for it and if you dont give one the site doesnt come up.

[SpooForBrains]

I'm confused ...

[jimjamjahaa]

good to know there are other users out there :)

my psp works fine tho... it will be mount permissions that are screwin it up. mount it with umask=007 i think

i even made a little svg icon for my psp (it came up looking like a scummy ipod)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2964/screenshot1pp2.th.png (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1pp2.png)

[Fittersman]

found the answer! thanks to Dritzen of Ubuntu forums

here is the link to how i fixed it for any others that are in need of a fix.....

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2085465#post2085465

edit: i ALMOST got it to work i guess, there are a few problems...