Bug 365060

Summary:	"Could not write to file" dialog on MTP actually means "could not read from device".
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Dan Dart <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	minor	CC:	mail, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	15.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Dan Dart 2016-07-04 07:34:16 UTC

I get a "Could not write to file" when copying a directory from an MTP device that breaks inexplicably half way through.
At first I thought it was a permissions issue, but it turns out it should read "could not read file", not "could not write to file".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy a bunch of files from an MTP device
2. Inevitably this process will die if it's an Orange phone
3. "Could not write to file" appears

Actual Results:  
"Could not write to file" dialog

Expected Results:  
"Could not read file" dialog.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2017-08-18 16:40:58 UTC

So you were trying to copy the file to a location for which you didn't have write permission, and the wrong error message was displayed?

Comment 2 Dan Dart 2017-08-18 16:51:36 UTC

Nope, I had write permission for the location I was writing to, it's just that the source may have disappeared, but I got the wrong error.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2017-08-18 16:54:53 UTC

Ah okay, gotcha.

Dolphin's MTP support is known to be spotty, and I think it makes more sense to focus on fixing those problems than improving the error message. Here are some relevant bugs that could have caused the underlying issue:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372860
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379680
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375840

Are you okay with closing this bug in favor of those?

Comment 4 Julian Steinmann 2018-05-25 15:58:53 UTC

No response... I do agree with @Nate that we should close this report and focus on the specific underlying problems (which should of course also resolve this issue).