Gvfs-mtp mount path

Question

I used jtmpfs for ages, but I much prefer integrating this sort of mounting into Thunar (like mounting USB drives).
Regrettably when Thunar (or rather, gvfs) mounts an mtp devices, it doesn't seem to do a real mount. There's no way to `cd` into that location, nor any real mount path. I can't open files with other applications (and lots fail even via Thunar) because it passes a fictitious URL (mtp://...) instead of a Unix file path (and most applications don't understand what to do with this).
Is there a way around this' can one configure where gvfs mounts this, or is this it's only mode of operation? I'd much rather see things mounted somewhere (eg: /media/...), and be able to right click> open terminal here.
Also, how have users of thunar + gvfs-mtp worked around this? Do you drag-drop files elsewhere to interact with them, or merely limit yourselves to xfce applications that support this url scheme?

Answer 1

Same phone and errormessage here, also using gvfs-mtp (works with Thunar which I use). Fixed it with the following:
- plugged the phone in and got the vendor-id and product-id of the phone using:
[root@arch-macbookpro]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0421:0661 Nokia Mobile Phones Lumia 920
- created an udev rule with the following contents using the id's mentioned above (I found this somewhere on the internet, haven't checked if all parts are necessary):
ATTR{idVendor}=="0421", ATTR{idProduct}=="0661", SYMLINK+="libmtp", MODE="660", ENV{ID_MTP_DEVICE}="1"
- reloaded the udev rule with
# udevadm control --reload
After rebooting the phone while connected to the usb port, and entering the passcode on the phone, I could open it in Thunar. Since pcmanfm uses gvfs as well I suspect it would work for you too.
Last edited by rwd (2014-06-23 16:21:16)