Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle
Date	2021-12-18 12:00 +0100
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On Jo, 16 dec 21, 23:30:37, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > [10200.545324] usb 3-1: Product: DISK
> > [10200.545329] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek
> > [10200.545637] usb-storage 3-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
> > [10200.546006] scsi host6: usb-storage 3-1:1.0
> > [10201.560487] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Realtek  Driver Storage 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> > [10201.566607] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr1] scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy
> > [10201.588298] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
> 
> Looks like the device is emulating a CD-ROM which offers driver files
> to MS-Windows for automatic installation. The web says that this happens
> when the device does not get the right answers from the operating system
> which indicate that the drivers are already installed.

Indeed it does look like it.
 
> An Archlinux thread proposes to use a program named usb_modeswitch to get
> the device out of this mode
>   https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=228195
> Debian has it in a package
>   https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/usb-modeswitch
> 
> I find its home page somehow confusing
>   https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
> But the web says that it is supposed to work automagically for known
> devices.

In most cases a simple 'eject' command is sufficient, so based on the 
above something like this might do it:

    eject /dev/sr1


The command `eject` is in the package with the same name.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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re: realtek bluetooth puzzle Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2021-12-16 22:50 +0100
  Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-12-16 23:40 +0100
    Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> - 2021-12-17 00:30 +0100
      Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2021-12-17 01:00 +0100
        Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> - 2021-12-17 01:20 +0100
    Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-18 12:00 +0100

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