On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 23:19:47 -0300 Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm curious as to what is the technical name given to these > pseudo-URLs used by Caja (formerly Nautilus) on Mate Desktop... > > When I plug USB flash drives / Thumb Drives / Pen Drives (use your > naming choice) I get those automagically mounted (automount). > > But when I plug my Samsung Android smartphone I get this folder > displayed... mtp://[usb:001,009]/ > > Containing two pseudo-devices "Phone" and "SD Card". > > All looks very nice, except that the devices are NOT mounted as > regular filesystem folders. I can only see them on the GUI through > Caja. > > I want to assign the devices some name like /media/myuser/something. > > How do I achieve this and what is the logic of mounting these devices > "GUI only" and unaccessible (afaik) from the command line? > > I tried "mounting" these pseudo-devices like > mtp://[usb:001,009]/Phone > but BASH knows nothing about "mtp://" devices. This seems to be some > shitty Mate Desktop invention. > > On my previous usage of Gnome 2 many moons ago (Sun JDS) this wasn't > the case, I remember USB mass storage devices magically appeared on > the desktop, and that's what I expect here too... but somewhere along > the long fork road, Mate Desktop developers came up with this mtp:// > monstrosity. what about this: https://www.howtogeek.com/192732/android-usb-connections-explained-mtp-ptp-and-usb-mass-storage/ dave > > Any clues? I tried complaining but I don't even know the name of these > damn mtp:// pseudo devices annoyance. > > When was this introduced and who thought it was a great idea? I'd like > to know some real (person) names if possible to complain in person > about the hideous nature of this idea... > > TIA... > FC > -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My books are not conceived in terms of such a war, and offer no simple answers to simplistic questions. ----- Ursula Le Guin _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
