Anno domini 2020 Thu, 29 Oct 04:48:15 -0700 William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > On Thursday 29 October 2020 04:21:29 E. Liddell via tde-users wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:14:33 +0100 > > > > deloptes <deloptes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > E. Liddell wrote: > > > > I assume you've already seen https://wiki.debian.org/mtp > > > > > > > > Might be something useful here: > > > > > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Media_Transfer_Protocol > > > > > > > > or here: > > > > > > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MTP > > > > > > > > If those are no help, I would agree that it's better to ask through the > > > > Debian channels—this is a general non-TDE Linux question, so few of us > > > > are going to be at all knowledgeable. > > > > > > Well, I am not 100% sure it is not TDE. It could be the "camera protocol" > > > used by TDE is the problem, because I can see and browse through the > > > content in konqueror, but can not create directory or copy a file in > > > already existing directories. > > > But as far as I understand with MTP one could create directory on the > > > device or save a file. > > > It might be a project for someone or for me to create TDE MTP protocol > > > for konqueror. > > > > One really obvious, really stupid thing that didn't pop into my head last > > night: have you checked user permissions and ownership on the > > mount point and below? (Not that I know whether MTP does user > > permissions or not.) > > > > E. Liddell > > > > So far as I am concerned, if the user is trying to connect the smartphone to a > TDE desktop, then (strictly speaking) it is not off-topic, but rather a > problem that concerns TDE users in general; not necessarily that TDE users > can actually use said smartphone. > > ;-) > > I did mention this much earlier (months ago, maybe even a year ago?) when > smartphones again were being discussed. But here goes ... > > When I was using the MATE desktop, I noticed that the MATE file manager, Caja, > *does* recognize the file system on my current smartphone, when attached by a > USB. (I was installing TDE packages, and had not yet got back home into TDE.) > > I could browse the directories, look at files, etc.; yet I could not write or > make changes to anything on the phone, nor delete items. For that, I got > myself a card reader, and generally keep everything important on an SD card. > (I searched for the thread, but cannot find it; I remember giving some more > details about the connection, but it's buried somewhere in my emails.) > > I *believe* that I recall the connections were listed as mtp://whatever > > Whether I could somehow use Caja (or preferably Konqueror) to read and write > to the phone is another question. I did try changing permissions, but for > that, I believe I would need to root my phone, and I haven't wanted to take > that step yet, until I am sure that I have a backup plan. (I have a failed > hard drive full of inaccessible data to remind me of such folly, and a > bricked smartphone would be worse in some ways.) > > I am not suggesting using MATE or Konqueror, only testifying that it is > possible to get my desktop to recognize the phone like a connected hard > drive, to browse directories and files, etc. So as I said, the problem, it > seems to me, has something to do with changing permissions, or rooting the > phone. Just for checking: Does MTP allow delete/create on the same machine with the same phone but a different tool? > > Bill > > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
