Subject: Re: Why I love linux
From: Justin Dieters (enderak@gci.net)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 20:01:15 AKDT
Hmm, I'm far from an expert at this (which is why I was glad to see it
worked first thing when I plugged mine in :) )
Maybe check the end of your /var/log/messages right after you plug in
your camera and see what it says. It might give you a hint.
Justin
Joseph Jones wrote:
> thats not fair :), I'm trying to get my Kodak DX3700 to work and I can't
> figure it out, Linux recognizes the camera and even loads gphoto when I
> turn it on, I can even go into gphoto and it shows 2 storage areas,
> which is correct and in those area I see the directories that are
> supposed to be there but there is nothing showing up in those
> directories, I'm not sure whats going wrong, I was going to try and
> mount the camera manually but I can't find the device name its using,
> and its not /dev/sda1 I check. I don't think its my usb-storage mod
> becuase I'm using a usb cdrw and it works just fine. I checked the
> howtos on digital cameras but it didn't seem to give me any help since
> it said that the camera should be device /dev/sda1. and I'm not really
> sure how to figure out the divice name my camera is, I thought it would
> be listed some where in /proc but I didn't see it, I probably was
> looking in the wrong files. any suggestions
>
>
> On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 20:32, Justin Dieters wrote:
>
>>I got a new digital camera today. (Olypmus Stylus 300) I was a tad
>>concerned about it because it uses some new "xD" card instead of
>>something I'm used to like CompactFlash, so I wasn't sure it would work
>>with Linux, but I figured my fiancee has an iMac, so the worst that
>>would happen is I'd have to use that instead to download.
>>
>>Anyway, I also got a PCMCIA adapter so I can download to my laptop on
>>trips. Just plugged it in, got some encouraging messages on my screen,
>>and then it just took about 10 seconds to figure out it set it as
>>/dev/hde and then mount it. Easy as cake.
>>
>>Now, hopefully the usb cable directly to the camera be just as easy for
>>when I set it up on my desktop.
>>
>>Just thought I'd share :)
>>Justin
>>
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