On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 06:29:52PM +0100, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Thursday, 16 Jun 2022 at 21:27, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > I must be missing something here... > > > > When I plug in my camera to a US port, it shows up on the desktop, at > > which point I can mount it. Then I can access it and copy/move stuff > > to wherever, using mc or whatever utility you like. Why is some > > special program needed for this? > > Unfortunately because many cameras do not implement USB file store > access, only MTP (media transfer protocol?). If they provide file store > access, life is simple. I can chose that in my camera's menu (memory, MTP, auto, something else I forgot). I chose memory and "download" the stuff with rsync. Works a charm. Oh, I have no DE, so I mount the cam explicitly. I don't like things auto-mounting. But I'm weird :) Cheers -- t
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