FUJIFILM X-T5 Wireless photo transfer to Linux

Fujifilm/Software

I recently switched from a Fujifilm X-T30 II to a Fujifilm XT-5 and, as in my previous article, I tried to connect it via Wi-Fi to my Linux desktop. I’ll tell you that this time I didn’t make it and this article is a report of my attempts.

FUJIFILM PC Autosave on Linux

I initially tried to install it with Wine but it was a failure.

FUJIFILM PC Autosave is not officially compatible with Fujifilm X-T5 but I tried it anyway.

I attempted to install it with GNOME Boxes virtualizing Windows 7 and had problems with the .NET Framework libraries. I manually installed version 4.0, installation completed correctly but FUJIFILM PC Autosave does not appear in the taskbar and does not start.

I tried to install it with VMware Workstation Player 17. I installed VMware Tools by first removing the floppy disk drive from the virtual machine, you can also use the iso at this link. I changed resolution to 1920×1080 and enlarged the fonts to 150% from the Windows settings.

It was not necessary to add .NET framework like for Boxes. I fixed the “virtual machine communication interface socket error” problem that prevented the drivers from installing with this Windows update patch. Installation was successful but even by connecting the camera to the home Wi-Fi it is not possible to make the program recognize it.

FUJIFILM X Acquire on Linux

This software should allow you to transfer images taken with your camera to your Mac or PC and save them in a specified folder.

I have successfully installed FUJIFILM X Acquire on GNOME Boxes and VMware Player, I have connected the camera to my home Wi-Fi network several times by changing from NAT to Bridge, checking camera presence on the network but nothing was detected by this software.

FUJIFILM XApp on Linux

I installed Waydroid on Arch Linux (Wayland), AUR version. The program provides for the automatic download of Android 11 build (Lineage OS), but as the wiki says it is necessary to first install a kernel that supports binder modules. Zen Kernel or just the modules only.

I only installed the DKMS modules with the binder_linux-dkms (AUR) package and the command

$ sudo modprobe binder-linux device=binder,hwbinder,vndbinder

After trying to log in to the Play Store, I downloaded the FUJIFILM XApp in the .apk version from the Android browser.

It is also possible to download it from Linux and install it from the command line

waydroid app install xyz.apk

Installation folder:
/home/../.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/Download/

The .apk files downloaded from the most famous web portals have an ARM architecture that is not compatible with Waydroid’s x86 (unrecognized argument), you need to install the libhoudini script by selecting it from waydroid_script:
git clone https://github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script cd waydroid_script python3 -m venv venv venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt sudo venv/bin/python3 main.py

With libhoudini the installation of FUJIFILM XApp is successful, a dedicated XApp GNOME icon is also installed which opens the app as if it were a native Linux application.

Unfortunately, however, it is impossible to enable Bluetooth on emulated Lineage OS, there is also a reference bug… bluetooth passtrough?