Re: [gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 18:08:23 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Though it might be tricky to get the mount to happen automagically > >> when the phone's USB cable is plugged in... > > > > It should be possible with a udev rule. > > Yes, I would think so. At least for me, writing udev rules is about as > tricky as it gets in Linux. I've done it many times, but there's > still always a fair bit of trial and error involved. Sacrificing a chicken can help! -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 40: Same difference pgpZ2l5SLxsO_.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On 2019-09-11, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:26:20 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Though it might be tricky to get the mount to happen automagically >> when the phone's USB cable is plugged in... > > It should be possible with a udev rule. Yes, I would think so. At least for me, writing udev rules is about as tricky as it gets in Linux. I've done it many times, but there's still always a fair bit of trial and error involved. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! RELATIVES!! at gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:26:20 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> You can mount sftp and ssh as filesystems just like you do with MTP. > >> > > > > Good observation, I'll try that route. > > Though it might be tricky to get the mount to happen automagically > when the phone's USB cable is plugged in... It should be possible with a udev rule. -- Neil Bothwick She's fine, upstanding, and wonderful laying down. pgpKmr3PK7XkG.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On 2019-09-11, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > On 9/11/19 5:17 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2019-09-11, Raffaele Belardi wrote: >> >> You can mount sftp and ssh as filesystems just like you do with MTP. > > Good observation, I'll try that route. Though it might be tricky to get the mount to happen automagically when the phone's USB cable is plugged in... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! What UNIVERSE is this, at please?? gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On 9/11/19 5:17 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2019-09-11, Raffaele Belardi wrote: You can mount sftp and ssh as filesystems just like you do with MTP. Good observation, I'll try that route.
[gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On 2019-09-11, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > On 9/11/19 4:33 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2019-09-11, Raffaele Belardi wrote: >>> After my recent switch from Gnome to XFCE (both ~amd64) transferring >>> files from the smartphone to the desktop via USB/MTP has become >>> unbearably slow. From my understanding both Gnome (Nautilus?) and Thunar >>> use gnome-base/gvfs which with mtp USE flag pulls in media-libs/libmtp >>> so I don't understand why this big change in behavior. Any hints? >> I've tried a number of MTP implementations on Linux, and none of them >> have proven stable and reliable. IMO, you're better off installing an >> ssh/scp server and using sftp or sshfs. >> >> IIRC, there's a farily extensive recent thread on this. > > What disturbs me is that the same hardware combo worked fine with Gnome > till one month ago, it broke only when I switched to XFCE so it must be > a software configuration issue. I saw similar behavior with MTP from one day to the next with no changes in anything. > Command line would be fine for me but not for the kids. You can mount sftp and ssh as filesystems just like you do with MTP. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! PEGGY FLEMMING is at stealing BASKET BALLS to gmail.comfeed the babies in VERMONT.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On 9/11/19 4:33 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2019-09-11, Raffaele Belardi wrote: After my recent switch from Gnome to XFCE (both ~amd64) transferring files from the smartphone to the desktop via USB/MTP has become unbearably slow. From my understanding both Gnome (Nautilus?) and Thunar use gnome-base/gvfs which with mtp USE flag pulls in media-libs/libmtp so I don't understand why this big change in behavior. Any hints? I've tried a number of MTP implementations on Linux, and none of them have proven stable and reliable. IMO, you're better off installing an ssh/scp server and using sftp or sshfs. IIRC, there's a farily extensive recent thread on this. What disturbs me is that the same hardware combo worked fine with Gnome till one month ago, it broke only when I switched to XFCE so it must be a software configuration issue. Command line would be fine for me but not for the kids. raffaele
[gentoo-user] Re: slow MTP in Thunar, was fine in Gnome
On 2019-09-11, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > After my recent switch from Gnome to XFCE (both ~amd64) transferring > files from the smartphone to the desktop via USB/MTP has become > unbearably slow. From my understanding both Gnome (Nautilus?) and Thunar > use gnome-base/gvfs which with mtp USE flag pulls in media-libs/libmtp > so I don't understand why this big change in behavior. Any hints? I've tried a number of MTP implementations on Linux, and none of them have proven stable and reliable. IMO, you're better off installing an ssh/scp server and using sftp or sshfs. IIRC, there's a farily extensive recent thread on this. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! Are we live or on at tape? gmail.com
