On 1/17/24 22:28, Philip Webb wrote:
I want to be able to download photos from my new cellphone to Gentoo.
The phone is a Samsung A14 5G ; its pet name is Athene.
I use KDE to manage my desktops on my desktop machine ANB6.
I've tried doing it with Manjaro & it works. It is vital
to have Athene awake when the USB connection is plugged into ANB6 :
a notice pops up asking to 'Allow', which I did.
Manjaro puts up its own notice, announcing a new device & asking what to do ;
I opened it in Dolphin, which shows Athene's Gallery
under GalaxyA145G -> Internal storage -> DCIM -> Camera ,
which lists the photo images ;
Dolphin can then copy them to its own file system readily
& Gwenview shows them correctly.
Normally on Gentoo, I mount devices -- eg USB sticks -- by hand,
ie 'mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb' or 'musb' for short (via .bashrc ).
I've looked at KDE device settings under Hardware -> Removable Storage ,
checked the box 'on attach' & tried with each of the 3 offerings,
ie 'All known / Attached / Disconnected Devices', but no joy.
Athene shows a recharging message, but nothing else happens, incl in ANB6
On my phone (ancient Motorola, running an ancient version of Android)
when I plug it in, not only does it say it is charging, but it also says
how it is connected and tap to change. Are you sure the phone itself is
in MTP mode or (I've forgotten the name) which is the one I think more
likely to need the full path you showed above. You might hunt through
the phone settings to find one which controls how it connects. Note I
say this to be compulsive, since it works under Manjaro. As another bit
of info, how is it identified by lsusb?
