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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] MTP argh....
From:       Marcus Meissner <meissner () suse ! de>
Date:       2013-02-09 13:39:03
Message-ID: 20130209133902.GB30117 () suse ! de
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 04:48:05PM -0500, Robert Schweikert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Who ever came up with the idea that one needs a protocol to copy a file.....

You probably dont use sftp or ftp or http either, just mount the servers
blockdevices?

> Anyway, my son recently got a Motorola Razr M and silly me I did not do any 
> research ahead of time. Thus I am now stuck with a device that does not 
> function as a mass storage device and only has the stupid MTP option.
>
> I've sent a patch upstream and have a pending SR to add the device ID to 
> libmtp in OBD. WIth this the mtp tools recognize the device and things 
> appear to be working.
>
> While this would be an excellent opportunity to teach my son something 
> about the command line ;) I am wondering if there is no GUI way to make MTP 
> devices work?
>
> I know there is mtpfs but do not know how to connect the dots to maybe get 
> the device to reveal it's secrets in the file browser.
>
> Also the dumb phone automounts as a CD, does anyone have any idea how to 
> disable this. Running XFCE, but that the phone identifies itself as a CD is 
> IMHO not related to the desktop environment ;) . The phone is running 
> Android 4.1.1. The machine the phone gets connected to runs openSUSE 12.2.


rhythmbox, amarok, banshee are UI programs for feeding music to MTP devices.

Nautilus might work under GNOME using gvfs/gphoto slave.
Dolphin might work either with camera:/ (download only) or mtp:/ IO slaves.

gphoto2 commandline tool will work.

Filesystem wise.
	sudo zypper in gphotofs
	mkdir mnt
	gphotofs mnt
	cd mnt
	ls 
(There also seems to be mtpfs, but not in factory ... never tried that.)

Ciao, Marcus
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