Hi Darran, thank you for the exhaustive reply! FWIW that was Nexus 7 (IIRC) I will check 'mtp-detect' output when I get a chance
> And unfortunately, as libmtp doesn't provide a mechanism to find out what MTP > commands are and are not supported by the device, gMTP can't enable/disable > functionality as required based on the device supported command set. hmm... I didn't look inside, but I guess that mtp-detect also uses libmtp to get the list of supported commands, including MoveObject... ? On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, Darran Kartaschew wrote: > Hi, > Regarding this bug report, I believe the issue is that the device being used > doesn't actually support move operations via MTP. (AFAIK, none of the Android > MTP stack implementations support MTP command '1019: MoveObject'). To verify > my suspicion, I need the output of of 'mtp-detect', and verification that the > device does or does not support the command. > And unfortunately, as libmtp doesn't provide a mechanism to find out what MTP > commands are and are not supported by the device, gMTP can't enable/disable > functionality as required based on the device supported command set. > From the gMTP FAQ: > Q. I'm attempting to move some files, and I always get an error. What's the > issue? > A. gMTP uses the MTP function 'moveObject' to perform move operations. > However only a few devices actually support this function, and if they do > actually advertise it supports the function, it may be horribly broken. > Basically complain to your device manufacturer that it doesn't support this > function, and that they should add it in, since it is actually part of the > MTP Specification. To see if your device has this option available, run > 'mtp-detect' and look under the supported commands for command '1019: > MoveObject'. The other method I could use is to download the files/folders to > your PC, re-upload them again and delete the originals, however this is very > time intensive, and in these cases it's better than the user do this > themselves. -- Yaroslav O. Halchenko Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755 Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834 Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419 WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
