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52midnight
I’ve been using AntiX for a few months and want to connect my phone to copy off photos.
My previous Debian install worked fine after installing mtpfs and mtp-tools: plugging the phone in brought up an option box to open in the File Manager. The new one doesn’t, but I found an easy solution by switching the USB options on the phone to connect as a camera: this brings up a different option box to open in a File Manager or gThumb.
Can anyone suggest an easy solution for AntiX?
ModdIt
Our crystal ball is broken.
As absolute minimum please inform the forum which version of antiX you are using when asking for help.
Often hardware info helps us to help you.In the antiX manu you should find, android device usb connect application. It works fine with most phones.
Depending on what you wish to do maybe setting up to automount USB devices may be an option, you can find
that setting in control center. Do not forget that has security implications.Good point. I did say that I’ve been only been using it “for a few months”, but I agree that your advice is still valid.
So thanks, I’ll try the USB app. Is this unique to AntiX or a general development?
PPC
The “android device usb connect application” was writing specially for antiX- but it should work in any Linux OS with the needed dependencies… It works, out of the box with antix Linux full, mouting the android device and opening the device’s contents in your default file manager.
P.
I can’t find the app you’ve recommended, probably because I’ve moved to LXDE and have (regrettably) lost the swathe of links to on-disk help and info. Do you know the commandline invocation for it?
caprea
Great! Got it!
Thanks to all.
I’m very impressed with the unique “flavour” of Antix. It’s on my second machine, and I’m hoping to get more time with it once the present list of chores diminishes.
52 midnight wrote:
once the present list of chores diminishesChanges the desktop and breaks functionality, asks for help without mentioning that fact.
did not bother to explore antiX before I guess, did not boot live to figure out out how
to fix a problem he created himself. Gave no clear information whatsoever in his post 1 and 2.Kind of user who wastes forum members time rather than figuring out his self created issues.
Others have lives to live, work to do, something for which in this case no respect is shown.
you save your time by parasiting on others.seaken64
We were all new once. And we all need to learn new ways of doing things. What Moddit is trying to communicate is that in this forum, and many/most others, it is considerate, and expected by the current members, when joining the forum and asking for help to not only take but also give. We are glad to help, but you need to give us something to work with. We ask that you share more information with us up front. And then contribute to the next new user in the future by reporting back to the forum the steps taken to the solution.
Please give more information about your computer system. For instance, if you are not using the desktops as provided by the default antiX system we need to know that. If you are using a beta version, we need to know that. If you are using an older version, such as 17.4, we need to know that. And we need to know what you have done so far to troubleshoot on your own. Please give it up folks, don’t be secretive when asking for help.
Seaken64
Hmm. Hadn’t expected to be the target of so much bile just by asking a simple question. The Linux community has certainly changed in the two decades since I entered it.
> you need to give us something to work with.
I’ve always been willing to provide what input and assistance I can. However, “geeks” generally tend to be not just proud of their tech knowledge and skills, but need to “prove” their superiority over any perceived competitor quite aggressively. After several early attempts to engage in useful discussions as a hardware engineer venturing into software territory that ended in belittlement and vilification, I soon decided to allow the “experts” their required sense of superiority and omniscience, and take part only as a lowly supplicant seeking wisdom from the divine, an attitude that has served me well and continues to this day.
On a few occasions I’ve encountered ordinary humans on Lx forums who allow for the distinctive knowledge and experience developed by the disparate but related disciplines of software and hardware, and the discussions that ensued were both enlightening and entertaining. The rest of the time I’ve found it better to get in and out before I’m attacked by a “vastly superior being”.
> Please give more information about your computer system.
I’m quite happy to do so. However, AntiX is not my life, as pet distros often are for their developers. Don’t get me wrong: I’m exceedingly grateful for their efforts, and have always been in awe of what the FOSS community has accomplished. It’s undoubtedly one of – perhaps the greatest – social achievement in the history of technology, especially as it’s been done without the supposedly essential motivations of wealth, fame, and a note in the history books.
From the perspective of developers, my difficulty can certainly be seen as “a problem he created himself”. The solution only required a commandline invocation instead of hours spent exploring a complex desktop and reading voluminous documentation, neither of which may have provided solutions even if prosecuted to the limit.
Thanks to seaken64 and others for proving that there are humans in the AntiX developer community, but useful contributions, especially from those not expert in software, cannot come from a few terse exchanges in a forum thread: they inevitably require both common background knowledge and insightful, often protracted discussion.
As to what “information about your computer system” I could, or could have provided that would have expedited discussion, none of what’s been mentioned was relevant. Even had I been using the original desktop, I would probably still have asked here, not just for a solution, but in the (usually vain) hope of finding a developer community with which I might form an amicable relationship, and to which eventually I might be able to make some useful contributions in a spirit of mutual cooperation and friendship.
I’ve no desire to vow eternal allegiance to a mob demanding my obedience to their own conventions and whims – BE ONE OF US OR GET OUT!
A pity.
Hi, 52midnight – it’s off topic, but let me try to step in once more and try to clear things up:
– the antiX community is the best computer related forum I ever saw- people here are usually nice, and try to help each other out- we even write scripts or produce full blown programs to help each other out… we try to help both the complete newbies with basic questions and the more tech savvy folks with truly esoteric problems… But we really are humans, and sometimes get frustrated when folks don’t provide all the info we need to help them… Probably Moddit got frustrated because, the usual etiquette here in the forum is to provide a short description of the problem, of the steps followed to try to fix the problem and the description of the machine that’s experiencing the problem… That’s also the fastest way to get help…
Next time you need help, please try something like:” Hi, I’m new to antiX and I’m using antiX 19.4, with the LXDE desktop and my default file manager is PCMANFM. How do I access my android 9 phone contents via a USB cable using my file manager? I plug it in and nothing happens! Please help!”
Very probably the first answer would have been something like:
“Hi, welcome to antiX- open the terminal and enter this command: /usr/local/bin/android-device-usb-connect.sh ” follow the steps shown in the window that pops up and your device contents will be displayed in your default browser”You don’t have to be geeky to be welcome here, but if you are “geeky” enough to do something like changing the desktop manager to a non default one (something that probably the majority of computer users can’t do by themselves), please do us the courtesy of pointing out that you are not using a standard system- because stuff can work differently on a non standard system, and people will waste time trying to help you out without having the necessary data to do so.
Stick around, a bit more, and you’ll probably notice this forum is a great place to be- I’ve missed it this last couple of months…
P.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by PPC.
My sole initial interest in AntiX was because it was able to boot a new MiniPC where most other distros, including Debian, failed. I did considerable research on this and looked for a way to communicate the results to AntiX: that they had a uniquely successful hardware detection utility, and that I was in a position to provide a technically detailed summary if they were interested in recognizing and leveraging this advantage. However, there seemed no immediate interest, quite understandably since it’s a VERY niche area.
OTOH, even though I admire it technically and aesthetically, the AntiX installation and interface is completely useless to me since, as a hardware engineer, I need a highly cutomized setup that is best built from a plain vanilla foundation, NOT a highly configured one.
I then struck trouble with the keyboard, and a useful exchange ensued:
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/keyboard-hangs-after-several-minutes-of-uptime/
I’ve yet to make good on my offer to provide procedural documentation of my move to LXDE since the installation is not yet proven reliable, and pressure of work has prevented completion. Once I get back to it, I’d be pleased to present something useful to the AntiX community; but NOT if intermediate quick casual requests for simple info are met with the all-too-common “geek fits of abuse”.
All the best!
- This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by christophe. Reason: moderation
christophe
Well, 52midnight, welcome aboard. We are happy to have you here.
Please let us all keep our discussions friendly, going forward.
Do keep us informed on any special projects using antiX.
Many of us like to use antiX in all manner of ways, differing from the usual — in addition to the usual (usually). 😉confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
Willdo!
but NOT if intermediate quick casual requests for simple info are met with the all-too-common “geek fits of abuse”.
Pull the other leg, I tried to help you with a problem.
No ABUSE in this thread, I pointed out that you asked a question without giving any useful information to help others help you….Changing a desktop to break your system and not communicarting that fact in your help request is not exactly best practice.
You are an engineer you should appreciate the importance of clearly communicating how what and why, changing desktop to an unsupported
version is not something most posters do.
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