On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 04:04:11PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote Did you "emerge sys-fs/fuse"? The default /etc/fuse.conf is OK.
"Troubleshooting" instructions in https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MTP say that some devices must be turned on and have the active screen; i.e. do not allow screensaver/screenlock. An extra bit of debugging... * switch to message log console (tty12) with {CTRL}{ALT}{F12} * attach device * note the output * remove device * note output * switch back to X (usually) {CTRL}{ALT}{F7} -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications