README for libmtp
POST-INSTALL
libmtp contains /etc/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules, so there is
a need to reload rules:
# udevadm control --reload-rules
NOTES
Run MTP as a regular user
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1. Create the plugdev group and add your user name into it:
getent group plugdev >/dev/null || groupadd -r plugdev
usermod -aG plugdev $USERNAME
newgrp plugdev
2. Find your device's (VendorId:ProductId) in the lsusb output.
3. Find your VendorId:ProductId in the
/etc/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules , and change the line into
the following:
ATTR{idVendor}="...", ATTR{idProduct}="...", ...,
MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
4. Reload the udev rules (as described in the POST-INSTALL)
5. You also may be interested to save your settings.
Add the following line into /etc/pkgadd.conf:
UPGRADE ^etc/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules$ NO
