#696 Support gvfs/MTP

[Murry]

PCManFM 1.1.0
Lubuntu 12.10

You can install a MTP support for gvfs via this ppa:

http://intr.overt.org/blog/?p=162
https://launchpad.net/~langdalepl/+archive/gvfs-mtp

I can connect the android file sytem with pcmanfm (mtp://[usb:001,005]/65537/9).
When I copy a file to the desktop or other folder from the phone, I get a wrong filename (the new filename is a number). Copy to the phone is OK.
When I use a rightclick on a file, I miss the file actions (copy, delete...)

[Murry]

The author of gvfs/mtp says this to the problem:

The PCmanFM problem is because PCmanFM is not reading the correct “filesystem filename” property. It needs to be fixed on their side.

[Philip Langdale]

I'm the gvfs mtp author. To be precise, pcmanfm needs to respect the "copy name" file attribute, which is defined to be the filename used when copying to a different file system. This is because the internal filename is the mtp file Id (a number). Nautilus respects this.

[Lonely Stranger]

Thank you for the report. The issue requires some extra investigation since libfm uses standard GFile operations and never uses any internals and that should work always.

[Philip Langdale]

It's a standard GFile attribute:

http://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.32/GFileInfo.html#G-FILE-ATTRIBUTE-STANDARD-COPY-NAME:CAPS

[Murry]

The new gvfs will land in (L)Ubuntu 13.04 raring shortly.

gvfs (1.15.2-0ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

* debian/watch: Look for development releases, too.
* New upstream release:
- Add new MTP backend. In particular this can access Android 4.0 devices
which do not support the USB Mass Storage interface any more.
(LP: #903422)
- See NEWS for other changes.
* Bump build depends and add libmtp-dev according to upstream configure.ac.
* debian/gvfs-backends.install: Install new MTP monitor.
* Drop debian/tests/gvfs-test, it has been accepted upstream. Update
debian/tests/integration to use tests/gvfs-test instead.
* Add 00git_fix_archivemounter_tests.patch: Fix ArchiveMounter tests.
-- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:42:41 +0100

[Murry]

[Murry]

[Murry]

I made 2 pics with the Lubuntu 13.04 daily.

PC_to☎️ OK
phone_to_pc: The new filename is 4102 insted of raring-desktop-amd64.iso

[Murry]

pcmanfm-qt 0.0.1

Has the same problem.

[Philip Langdale]

I have pending changes to the MTP backend that use filenames normally, so this fix won't be necessary.

[Murry]

I tested the lastest version from philipls ppa (gvfs 1.16.0-1ubuntu3ppa8~raring1).

The problem with the wrong file names is solved in this version. I hope it will come into Lubuntu 13.04.

Well done philipl.

[Bogus Name]

Similar with the name upon copying from phone, in the places side menu, if phone(android) is disconnected without unmounting first, it will leave a copy of the place it was at, and upon reconnecting the phone it will error, and create another place with the same name (in my case it is the 'SAMSUNG_Android_SGH-T699'), and will load fine, but it keeps adding a place with the same name for each disconnect. To fix I kill the process in top, and restart and it's back to normal.

[Ananasnonym]

I can confirm this on pcmanfm 1.1.0, Lubuntu 13.04. No File actions (copy, delete ... ) And there are two Names on the left panel: ASUS Transformer and mtp

[Philip Langdale]

gvfs 1.18 is now out. This contains the changes that mean gvfs won't use the numeric ID based paths, so no changes are needed in pcmanfm

[Lonely Stranger]

Thank you very much. I hope I can close this report now. If not then feel free to reopen it.