[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#696547: mounts wrong device when multiple devices connected

[Julien Cristau]

Control: tag -1 moreinfo
Control: severity -1 important

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 18:36:19 +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:

> Package: gphoto2-2
> Version: 2.4.6-3
> Severity: serious
> 
> I've marked this bug "serious" because it could lead to someone
> accessing or deleting files on the wrong device when multiple devices
> are connected.
> 
> I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII connected to a USB port.  It is not mounted.
> 
> While the phone is connected, I then connect a second device, Nikon D800
> DSLR camera, to another USB port.
> 
> A popup appears telling me that a device has been detected ("You have
> just inserted a medium with digital photos") and asking me what I want
> to do with it
> 
A popup from what app?  Your desktop environment?  Which is that?

> I select the option to browse the contents in a window
> 
> The window appears with the title 'NIKON DSC D800' - but the contents of
> the window are the files on the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
> 
> If I unplug the phone, and then connect the camera again, I don't see
> any popup.
> 
> Note this problem is intermittent: sometimes I connect the DSLR and no
> popup appears.  However, whenever the popup does appear, I get the files
> from the phone in a window titled 'NIKON DSC D800'

Cheers,
Julien
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