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How to mount an Acer Iconia A500 under Ubuntu 11.04

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As of 21 Nov 2011, the Acer Iconia A500 does not mount automatically under Ubuntu 11.04. These are the steps I had to go to get it to mount:

  1. Install the mtpfs package: 
 sudo apt-get install mtpfs
  1. Plug in your tablet with the USB cable
  2. Open a terminal
  3. Use lsusb to obtain a list of USB devices: 
 $ lsusb
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0502:3325 Acer, Inc. 
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0716 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Multislot Card Reader/Writer
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:1002 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN 821 N? v2 [Atheros AR 9001 U?-(2)NG]
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
The line with "Acer, Inc." is the one we want. According to lsusb, the device id is 0502:3325. The part we're interested in is the first part, 0502, which is the vendor ID.
  1. Disconnect the tablet at this point
  2. Create a UDEV rule file: 
 sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
Add the following line: 
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0502", MODE="0666"
  1. Create a mount point for the tablet 
 sudo mkdir /media/a500
 sudo chown user:group /media/a500
replace user and group with your own user name and default group
  1. Add the mount point to fstab 
 sudo vi /etc/fstab
At the bottom, add the following: 
 # mount point for Acer A500
 mtpfs	  /media/a500	 fuse	user,noauto,allow_other	0	0
N.B. Don't forget the trailing zeroes like I did the first time!
  1. Modify fuse.conf to permit allow_other 
 sudo vi /etc/fuse.conf
Uncomment the line with user_allow_other 
 # Allow non-root users to specify the 'allow_other' or 'allow_root'
 # mount options.
 #
 user_allow_other
  1. Add yourself to the fuse group: 
 sudo vi /etc/group
Find the fuse group and add yourself: 
 fuse:x:104:user
Substitute your username for user
  1. Reboot

When you reboot, you should see the mount point in Nautilus and under Places in the top menu bar. Go ahead and plug in the tablet at this point. When you click on the a500 entry in either Nautilus or Places, it may take a few moments for the tablet to be recognized.

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