On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 08:23:42AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > On 2017-06-16 14:23, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > This is not the first time I've seen somebody mention this "songs and > > pictures" stuff. I don't understand. When I use mtpfs to mount my > > Android devices, a "file-level view" is exactly what I get: I see the > > device's root directory and everything underneath it the exact same > > way I would if it were a USB-storage device. > > The last time I tried MTP was on Debian maybe 2 years ago or 3 years, > using the jmtpfs package. IIRC this was what happened; yes, I could see > individual files, but only certain types, and only in certain > directories.
That package is currently keyworded. Use sys-fs/simple-mtpfs instead. It simply works; and it works simply. From the command line 1) create a working mount directory, e.g. $HOME/tablet 2) attach smartphone/tablet/whatever to USB port 3) sudo simple-mtpfs -o allow_other $HOME/tablet 4) cd $HOME/tablet 5) do whatever 6) cd 7) sudo fusermount -u $HOME/tablet 8) dettach smartphone/tablet/whatever from USB port -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
