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HP cameras on Linux (Knoppix)

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:48 pm
by AbrasiveRock
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.

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:31 pm
by scorphus
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:

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mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera -tvfat
and then copy with cp...

-- Scorphus

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:35 pm
by scorphus
You can also track kernel messages when a USB is pluged on. Run this command as root:

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tail -f /var/log/messages
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...

Good luck,
Scorphus.

ps.: console rocks!

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:26 am
by Pyrite
Sorry mate, never used gtkam. Like these other guys, I also just plug in the camera, mount it and read it like a drive. Just like I do my USB Thumb Drive. The output of "demsg" is also a good to see what is going on behind the scenes.