Re: Error copying from Linux to Android

On 21/12/2024 12:59, Theo wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-12-20 19:03, pinnerite wrote:

When I try to copy files from Linux Mint 21.3 (Ubuntu 22.04)
to my Xioumi M9 cellphone it returns this error message:
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"libmtp error:  Could not send object info."
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The mtp files installed on Linux are:
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libmtp-common
libmtp-runtime
libmtpg
libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
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It worked a month ago (?)
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Any suggestions?

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On occasion I could not fetch files from the phone using Thunar.
Typically I then try with Nautilus or Dolphin, and it works.
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Once none worked. Turned out that the usb connection had been captured
by shotwell, who thought it had to handle the camera.

 I had the opposite problem - I was trying to import photos into digiKam and
some file manager (Dolphin?) had already grabbed the USB session.
 Turned out that I needed to kill 'kiod5' which was the process that grabbed
the port, and then digiKam worked.
 https://techpatterns.com/forums/about3009.html
 Theo

I use KDE connect to transfer files between my phone & Linux, can be used wirelessly
https://kdeconnect.kde.org/
Geoff