On 05/31/2013 10:50 PM, Rock wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 11:50:03 -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
leave it in the mode you want the USB connection to operate in.
Thanks. I'll leave the Android 4.0.4 phone in PTP mode then.
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So, this seems to be the sequence for the next person to follow in our footsteps on Centos 6 with an Android 4.0.4 phone:
- Remove the original libmtp
NOTE: This will remove rhythmbox and vlc & any other program with dependencies on libmtp) 2. Update libmtp with Scott's libmtp 3. Reboot the Centos6 PC <== this is an important step! 4. Switch the Android 4.x phone from MTP to PTP mode (if not already) 5. Connect the Android phone by USB cable
The one problem I'm having now is that I can't re-install rhythmbox & vlc.
This failed after the newer libmtp was installed: $ sudo yum install rhymthbox ==> Error: Package: rhythmbox-0.12.8-1.el6.x86_64 (base) ==> Requires: libmtp.so.8()(64bit) ==> Available: libmtp-1.0.1-2.el6.x86_64 (base) libmtp.so.8()(64bit) ==> Installed: libmtp-1.1.6-0.el6.x86_64 (installed) Not found ==> You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem ==> You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
Not knowing how to proceed, I vainly tried the suggested "--skip-broken" option, but it simply skipped the install altogether: sudo yum install rhythmbox --skip-broken ==> Processing Dependency: libmtp.so.8() ==> (64bit) for package: rhythmbox-0.12.8-1.el6.x86_64 ==> Packages skipped because of dependency problems: ==> rhythmbox-0.12.8-1.el6.x86_64 from base
So, I guess the question is: Q: How do I install rhythmbox & vlc with the newer libmtp?
That is best solved by asking Red Hat (opening a bug) to update libmtp and rhythmbox packages. If they accept, then vlc will be recompiled by all third-party repositories, and problem solved for all RHEL/CentOS/SL users.
If not, one or all the third-party repositories will have to create libmtp, rhythmbox and vlc packages, but in a repository that can override base packages (so not EPEL).
So, can someone from this list and Red Hat subscription open a bug report using Rock's last e-mail (one I responded to)?