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titi13 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 12:58 AM

Hello, thank you for helping me : Here's my problem :
I run Ubuntu 8.04 on my computer and each time i want to offload the photos from my Camera to the computer (plugging it on a USB port) comes out a message saying something like "Error during the plugging of the Camera" & "Error <<Undefined error>> received during the camera plugging". (this message comes out of the software 'F-Spot')

When i try using GTkam to offload my photos the following message comes out : (approximate translation)
"Impossible to list the directories of '/' " & "An error occurred in the Input/Output library ('Impossible to find the required camera on the USB port') : Impossible to find the USB peripheric (maker 0x6, under-class 0x1, product 0x1). Make sure it is plugged to the computer.

When i try using DigiKam and after having chosen the model Kodak M753 (mine is a M853, only the number of pixels differs i think) then the following message comes out :
"Failed to connect to the camera. please make sure it is connected properly and turned on."
With Digikam, when i 'Select image to upload' and click on 'storage media' and then select 'USB imaging interface' the following message comes out : "couldnt start process Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'camera' "

I am surprised too to find out that the path spontaneously specified towards the camera (before having selected any model) is '/'. I would have thought it should be something beginning by '/usb (...)'.

After having chatted through an irc channel with a helper, he told me that the bottom of my problem was that the device isn't recognized by the kernel as a mass-storage device. (He examined 'dmseg' output and other things too). He told me he wasn't able to solve porperly my problem.

May someone help me please ? Thank you.

NB the lsusb output only gives$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
which is strange because i have two front usb ports and 4 on the rear side....

nixcraft · #2 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 04:28 PM

Your helper is right you need a device driver. Can you tell us your digital camera make and model. May be we can find out driver.

titi13 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 04:33 PM

Thank you so much for having replied me.

My Still camera is a "Kodak M853 easyshare".

Thank you again for helping me.

Have a nice day.

rockdalinux · #4 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 05:25 PM

Well my Nikon and HP works with out a problem. All I've to do is turn off camara while connecting to Ubuntu laptop. Then turn on and look at /var/log/messages for USB mass storage device . And type the following at a shell prompt (replace /dev/sdb1 with actual name):

Code:

sudo  mkdir /mnt/dcam
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/dcam
cd /mnt/dcam
ls -l
sudo umount /mnt/dcam

As well as turning the camera OFF before disconnecting the camera from your laptop or desktop. GTkam never worked me but command line did worked out.

Hope this helps.

titi13 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 08:04 PM

Thank you for having replied to me Rockalinux.
I tried to follow your advice but another problem comes out now :
There is no line in the '/var/log/messages' with 'USB mass storage device'
The only lines dealing with 'USB' say something like that :
May 31 16:10:56 thierry-desktop kernel: [12766.757238] usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 31 16:18:59 thierry-desktop kernel: [13288.776099] usb 1-10: USB disconnect, address 4
These are the last two lines of the file.

I had a look at '/dev' and there are listed (among other

these entries :
scd0
sda
sda1
sda2
sda5
(further on...)
usbdev1.1_ep00
usbdev1.1_ep81
usbdev2.1_ep00
usbdev1.1_ep81

i don't know what to do, which entry to choose, if any...

Thank you for your help.

nixcraft · #6 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 12:54 PM

I'm sorry but I don't think so your DC is supported by Linux.

titi13 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 07:50 PM

I am not sure i understood the meaning of your reply.
Thank you for your replies.

Do you mean there is no driver available on Linux for my Camera (Kodak M853 Easyshare) ?

If it's what you meant, maybe a driver suitable for the 'Kodak M753 Eayshare' should work with my 'Kodak M853 Easyshare' because i think that both models (ie M853 and M753) only differ on the number of pixels of the sensors (my M853 is a 8 Mpixels and the M753 is a 7 Mpixel

.

Do you think Linux could support the DC 'Kodak M753 Easyshare' ? Therefore the solution could possibly suit my M853.

Thank you for your reply and have a nice day.