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