"Thompson, David" <dthomps...@worcester.edu> writes: > Hi Pierre, > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Pierre Neidhardt > <pe.neidha...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi there! >> >> Do you people have recommendations when it comes to MTP (file sharing >> with mobile devices) support on GuixSD? >> >> Ideally I'd like something as straightforward as an auto-mounted folder >> which I can browse with my favourite file browser. >> >> I see Guix offers a few options: >> >> - jmtpgs >> - gmtp >> - libmtp >> >> What's your setup, people?
MTP works (sort of) for me on GNOME. In the past, I know it also worked on Xfce for me, too (I haven't tested that recently, though). I use Nautilus. One very important caveat is that it does NOT work until after I do the following things: (1) Connect my phone to my computer with a USB cable. (2) Enable the "file transfer" mode from the phone's UI. (3) On the computer, press Control+Alt+F2 to switch to a virtual terminal, and then press Control+Alt+F7 to switch back to my graphical desktop. I have no idea why (3) is necessary for me. However, if I don't do (3), then even though I see the phone listed in Nautilus' browsing window, clicking on it has no effect. Once I do (3), when I click on the phone in Nautilus, it finally shows me the files and lets me transfer things. It's a mystery to me. In the past, I looked into this, but I was not able to solve the mystery: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-12/msg01076.html Hope that helps, -- Chris
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