Re: [oS-EN] Can no longer mount phones in Thunar

On 2026-06-09 08:31, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In the Message;
> 
>    Subject    : Re: [oS-EN] Can no longer mount phones in Thunar
>    Message-ID : <[email protected]>
>    Date & Time: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:18:11 +0900
> 
> [MN] == Masaru Nomiya <[email protected]> has written:
> 
> [...]
> CER>     <3.6> 2026-06-08T19:42:46.092427+02:00 Telcontar gvfsd 7016 -
> CER> -  libusb_claim_interface() reports device is busy, likely in use
> CER> by GVFS or KDE MTP device handling alreadyLIBMTP PANIC: Unable to
> CER> initialize device
> MN> [...]
> 
> MN> This was due to a conflict between GVFS and the KDE MTP daemon
> MN> (kiod5), which prevented the MTP device from initializing properly.
> 
> MN> You should choose one of the MTP daemons and remove the other.
> 
> MN> Since you're an Xfce user, shouldn't this solve the problem?
> 
> MN>       $ sudo rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep gvfs)
> 

But that would be permanent.

> Sorry, I installed Thunar and found out that you couldn't uninstall
> gvfs-backends.
> 
> Please try;
> 
>         $ killall kiod5
> 

Bingo! That did it. Thank you! :-)

Even though I had closed dolphin a day ago, that daemon did not quit on 
its own. I wonder what would happen if one user in the machine is using 
KDE and another XFCE what would happen.

-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.6 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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