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On 24/07/14 07:59, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I sent this a day or 2 ago, but it doesn't show up on the list for me. |
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> Apologies to anyone seeing a duplicate. |
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> I'm a total noobie at mtpfs/FUSE. My "excellent adventure" started |
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> yesterday when I got a clearout 7" tablet, and took a sample photo, and |
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> tried mounting the tablet... no /dev/sdb to be found anywhere. I went |
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> to "Mr. Google" for help, and found out that MTP is the "new and |
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> improved" way of doing things. So I installed mtpfs. It works great |
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> for root, but a regular user can't mount the tablet. The mtpfs command |
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> immediately returns to the command prompt, with no error message or any |
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> other info. The tablet is not mounted... |
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> [d531][waltdnes][~] mtpfs ~/tablet |
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> [d531][waltdnes][~] |
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> Before anyone asks... |
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> 1) Yes, I have enabled FUSE in the kernel. At first I hadn't, but I got |
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> a big red warning when I tried compiling mtpfs. I tweaked and rebuilt |
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> the kernel, and rebooted, then built mtpfs. |
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> 2) Yes, I am a member of plugdev... |
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> [d531][root][~] grep plugdev /etc/group |
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> plugdev:x:247:waltdnes,user2 |
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> 3) This PC uses mdev rather than udev. Could that be the problem? |
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> I've figured out a kludge to get around it. This involves issuing a |
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> few commands as root. I've added them into a file in /etc/sudoers.d/ |
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> but I'd really rather prefer a cleaner solution. |
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> [d531][root][~] mtpfs -o allow_other /home/waltdnes/tablet |
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> Device 0 (VID=0bb4 and PID=2008) is UNKNOWN. |
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> Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team |
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> Android device detected, assigning default bug flags |
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> When I was finished, I tried... |
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> [d531][waltdnes][~] fusermount -u tablet |
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> fusermount: entry for /home/waltdnes/tablet not found in /etc/mtab |
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> I had to unmount as root... |
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> [d531][root][~] fusermount -u /home/waltdnes/tablet |
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> I experienced similar problems with simple-mtpfs, so that's not a |
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> solution either. Any ideas? |
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Install gnome-base/gvfs with USE="gphoto2 mtp" and then use gvfs-mount |
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to mount the device, because gvfs-mount |
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will make use of your PolicyKit with ConsoleKit or systemd-logind |
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authorization that allows mounting as a *local* |
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and *normal* user. |
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Then you don't need the mtpfs command, any group, any custom udev rules, ... |
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