Mike Thank you that was it. I had downloaded gMTP in the past and was using it, but I guess I should have watched things, when I did some updates it must have broke something, but that page allowed me to fix whatever it was that had broke, as it is now working just fine after I did a update to the whole thing and did a install, it reported that some was already there and added/removed some, so it must now be clean.
Yes, I am familiar with Kies, but for linux unless you run a VM with windows it is useless, tried to get it to run under wine, but no joy. On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 10:36 AM, MIke Connors < [email protected]> wrote: > > On 08/19/2014 08:04 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > > Folks, > > When i plug the phone into the machine via USB, I can see the directory > > structure, but all of the directories are empty. I can see all kinds of > > google recommendations, some of which I have tried. At this time I get > > around it by starting a SSH server on the phone and going in and pulling > > my files that way, but I would just like to plug the phone into the USB > > port and be able to go in and pull my files without having to start SSH > > and then forget to stop it (sucks battery for some reason) > > > > I can see the whole directory structure in the phone but if you open a > > directory it reports as emplty. > > > To the best of my understanding in Android v4, USB block mode transfer > was dropped in favor of MTP, so I think that's why you're only see empty > directories. > > Interestingly enough, Samsung provides an application called Kies for > data syncing/transferring > between their phones and Mac & Windows computers, but not for Linux. > > However, there's a Linux app called gMTP and this blog article, > > http://www.humans-enabled.com/2011/12/how-to-fix-samsung-galaxy-nexus-mtp.html > , > provides a pretty good step-by-step write-up on how to install it. The > article is from 2011, but the last update to gMTP is 7/25/2014, so it's > still currently supported. > > HTH! > > Cheers, > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
