It's not the first bug who is not fixed in one or more years, the problem is, when you invite new users to discover ubuntu, at a time, they will need to connect their phone on their computer, and they will say: This doesn't work, and the fix (via mtpfs-go) is complicated for basic users.
Today from the boot to the basic usage, you have a lot of problems never fixed or ignored when reported that make ubuntu or linux in general not user friendly, and even if people with some knowledge in IT always find after some hours a way to use their favorite OS on their computer, the lambda user, who will be really happy to use ubuntu, is in fact not able to install it, or use it on some specific points like this, even if they follow a tutorial. (Boot, uefi, wifi, graphics, mtp, bugs in gui, missing basic feature or removed, sound, video, etc....) For information, with go-mtpfs, you can set an higher timeout value, then the mtp is usable, the bug is just a timeout issue....not fixed in 1 year.... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1792085 Title: MTP not working/very slow on Bionic Status in libmtp: New Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, unfortunately (for me) MTP android devices no more work on Ubuntu 18.04. I have used MTP on 16.04 without problems, but on 18.04 it does not work. When I connect my Android devices (Samsung A5 and Samsung J3) and I try to list directories with many files (e.g. /DCIM/Camera) the window hangs until I disconnect the device. Same issue if I try to post the command "ls /var/run/1000/gvfs/<MTP-FOLDER>". I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 on two different machines - an older HP laptop and a recent DELL laptop - and the issue is present on the all of them. I suspect a defect on the "libmtp". I tried many alternative solutions suggested by the net (e.g. jmtpfs and so on) but anyone worked. That's all! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gvfs-fuse 1.36.1-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.394 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Sep 12 06:20:07 2018 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gvfs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libmtp/+bug/1792085/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
