Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-15 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/15/2017 11:20 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:07:45 -0700, Daniel Frey wrote: > >>> I avoid all those issues by installing SSHhelper on Android and >>> copying files with scp you can also open ssh views in Dolphin if the >>> mouse is more your thing. > >> Thanks for the

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:07:45 -0700, Daniel Frey wrote: > > I avoid all those issues by installing SSHhelper on Android and > > copying files with scp you can also open ssh views in Dolphin if the > > mouse is more your thing. > Thanks for the tip. I installed SSHelper and was able to log in with

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-15 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/14/2017 11:26 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:29:14 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> Android and iphones can be accessed as a USB drive. Doesn't this work? > > No they can't, at least not the modern Android phones. allowing two > systems to mount the same filesystem is a

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-15 Thread R0b0t1
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:29:14 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> Android and iphones can be accessed as a USB drive. Doesn't this work? > > No they can't, at least not the modern Android phones. allowing two > systems to

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:04:26 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I avoid all those issues by installing SSHhelper on Android and > > copying files with scp you can also open ssh views in Dolphin if the > > mouse is more your thing. > > That's interesting. What kind of network connection do you

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 15 Jun 2017 07:26:45 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:29:14 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Android and iphones can be accessed as a USB drive. Doesn't this work? > > No they can't, at least not the modern Android phones. allowing two > systems to mount the same filesystem

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:29:14 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Android and iphones can be accessed as a USB drive. Doesn't this work? No they can't, at least not the modern Android phones. allowing two systems to mount the same filesystem is a recipe for disaster. That's why we have MTP, which would

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-14 Thread J. Roeleveld
On June 14, 2017 10:43:33 PM GMT+02:00, Daniel Frey wrote: >On 06/14/2017 12:47 PM, Mick wrote: >> >> A long shot, but you never know if it will help in your case. >(Re)install >> kde-apps/kwalletd-16.04.3-r1 and see if all this multiple-asking for >> permission goes away.

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-14 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/14/2017 12:47 PM, Mick wrote: > > A long shot, but you never know if it will help in your case. (Re)install > kde-apps/kwalletd-16.04.3-r1 and see if all this multiple-asking for > permission goes away. It may just be that the KDE application in question > was > working well with

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-14 Thread R0b0t1
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > > Does anyone know why KDE/mtp would exhibit this type of behaviour? > Unfortunately I don't have an installation to reproduce this with but I'd blame the underlying MTP implementation first. It may have changed

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-14 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 14 Jun 2017 08:05:47 Daniel Frey wrote: > Well, did I just have an exercise in frustration. > > I needed to get a couple pictures off my phone (using MTP) so I plugged > it into my computer. It asked for permission on my phone, I allowed it - > then KDE reports the MTP process died.

[gentoo-user] KDE 5 MTP failure

2017-06-14 Thread Daniel Frey
Well, did I just have an exercise in frustration. I needed to get a couple pictures off my phone (using MTP) so I plugged it into my computer. It asked for permission on my phone, I allowed it - then KDE reports the MTP process died. So I tried a second time but faster tapping 'allow' on my