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. 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
