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Re: MTP & Guix
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Chris Marusich |
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Re: MTP & Guix |
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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 03:31:40 -0700 |
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"Thompson, David" <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi Pierre,
>
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Pierre Neidhardt
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there!
>>
>> Do you people have recommendations when it comes to MTP (file sharing
>> with mobile devices) support on GuixSD?
>>
>> Ideally I'd like something as straightforward as an auto-mounted folder
>> which I can browse with my favourite file browser.
>>
>> I see Guix offers a few options:
>>
>> - jmtpgs
>> - gmtp
>> - libmtp
>>
>> What's your setup, people?
MTP works (sort of) for me on GNOME. In the past, I know it also worked
on Xfce for me, too (I haven't tested that recently, though). I use
Nautilus. One very important caveat is that it does NOT work until
after I do the following things:
(1) Connect my phone to my computer with a USB cable.
(2) Enable the "file transfer" mode from the phone's UI.
(3) On the computer, press Control+Alt+F2 to switch to a virtual
terminal, and then press Control+Alt+F7 to switch back to my graphical
desktop.
I have no idea why (3) is necessary for me. However, if I don't do (3),
then even though I see the phone listed in Nautilus' browsing window,
clicking on it has no effect. Once I do (3), when I click on the phone
in Nautilus, it finally shows me the files and lets me transfer things.
It's a mystery to me. In the past, I looked into this, but I was not
able to solve the mystery:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-12/msg01076.html
Hope that helps,
--
Chris
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