Ok, so my wife is trying to get her 'new' (pawn shop) digital camera hooked up to the computer through USB. She was using a program that came with the OS, but she hit a brick wall when she got to THIS screen. When she hit OK, she got THIS screen. Any ideas?
The camera is an HP 318 if that helps.
HP cameras on Linux (Knoppix)
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You better access it as a hot plug device, mount it directly on a given folder and copy the image files to the desired location. Mount the device with such a command:and then copy with cp...
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mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera -tvfat-- Scorphus
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You can also track kernel messages when a USB is pluged on. Run this command as root:and read the message at the moment the kernel sends it.
When you plug the camera a message shoould appear with some information regarding the camera, device (/dev/sdax) and other info...
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tail -f /var/log/messagesWhen you plug the camera a message shoould appear with some information regarding the camera, device (/dev/sdax) and other info...
Good luck,
Scorphus.
ps.: console rocks!