Sony NWZ-S616F not mounting correctly (MTP instead of 'normal' fs)

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Sony NWZ-S616F not mounting correctly (MTP instead of 'normal' fs)

It tries to mount with MTP which doesn't seem to lead to anything useful. Removing it from
/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-libgphoto2.fdi
'fixes' everything (feature introduced in 8.10 or 9.04)

Remove entry:
   <match key="usb.vendor_id" int="1356">
    <match key="usb.product_id" int="807">
     <merge key="info.category" type="string">portable_audio_player</merge>
     <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">portable_audio_player</append>
     <merge key="portable_audio_player.access_method" type="string">user</merge>
     <merge key="portable_audio_player.type" type="string">mtp</merge>
     <append key="portable_audio_player.output_formats" type="strlist">audio/mpeg</append>
     <merge key="camera.libgphoto2.name" type="string">Sony Walkman NWZ-S615F/NWZ-S616F/NWZ-S618F</merge>
     <merge key="camera.libgphoto2.support" type="bool">true</merge>
    </match>
   </match>

Might be true for more of these sony mp3 players, they are designed to mount as a drive when MTP is unsupported, and that works just fine for Mac/Linux. (for example: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal-info/+bug/303894)