[patb]

Thanks for the help, Rivviepop.

I'm still stuck, I'm afraid. I (hopefully) enabled berry_charge by commenting out the blacklist line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-berry_charge (I followed ideas from this link)

Then I rebooted (to ensure the new rules applied) with the BB connected. But still "sudo lsusb -v" shows nothing about "RIM" or "Research". I did check the full output. Here is a cut down extract:

pat@ubuntu:~$ sudo lsusb -v | grep -iE 'bus|manuf|prod'
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
  idProduct          0x0000 
  iManufacturer           3 Linux 2.6.22-14-generic ehci_hcd
  iProduct                2 EHCI Host Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
  idProduct          0x0000 
  iManufacturer           3 Linux 2.6.22-14-generic ohci_hcd
  iProduct                2 OHCI Host Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
  idProduct          0xc016 M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
  iManufacturer           1 Logitech
  iProduct                2 Optical USB Mouse
      (Bus Powered)
  (Bus Powered)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
  idProduct          0x0000 
  iManufacturer           3 Linux 2.6.22-14-generic ohci_hcd
  iProduct                2 OHCI Host Controller

For some reason, my system does not seem to detect the BB via the USB connection. Any other ideas would be welcome.

Cheers, Pat.