in Gutsy, i have the same problem with a sony-ericsson k600i : root privileges are requierd to mount the phone with obexfs, of by using obexftp.
$ obexftp -u /dev/usbdev3.1_ep00 -l Superuser privileges are required to access USB. [...] $ sudo obexftp -u /dev/usbdev3.1_ep00 -l Connecting...done Receiving "(null)"... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE folder-listing SYSTEM "obex-folder-listing.dtd"> <!-- XML Coder, Jul 20 2005, 00:33:01, (C) 2001 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB --> [...] I have also made this change in /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules : # USB devices (usbfs replacement) SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GROUP"plugdev", MODE="0664" but this doesn work at all: $ ls -l /dev/usb* crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 0 2008-01-05 15:12 /dev/usb1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 128 2008-01-05 15:12 /dev/usb2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 256 2008-01-05 15:12 /dev/usb3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 0 2008-01-05 15:12 /dev/usbdev1.1_ep00 [...] -- Nokia phone USB device not in plugdev https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128257 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs