From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 14:59:32 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFFEA106566B for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:59:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2B28FC14 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYgxH-0004bp-AF; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:31 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1OYgxH-0002P2-47; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:31 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6DExUB2086832; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o6DExU1F086831; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:30 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20100713145930.GB86788@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100713085921.GA85064@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100713121540.eabdb2ee.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100713121540.eabdb2ee.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble mounting USB digital camera X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:59:33 -0000 On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:15:40PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:59:21 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I'm trying to mount USB digital camera > > to FBSD -current (either i386 or amd64). > > > > I get to > > > > ugen1.2: at usbus1 > > > > in dmesg, but no block device appears, > > so I'm not sure how to mount this device. > > There may be two reasons: > > a) The camera does identify as ugen because it has to be interfaced > like a camera device; use photo2 or gtkam to obtain content. > This means you cannot actually mount it, but use a program to > control its actions. > > b) The camera can use both modes, as decribed in a) as well as a > direct access mode; use the camera's setting to switch to the > USB storage mode. Then you can easily mount it. This is some ancient Kodak DC280. I couldn't find how to do (b), but (a) worked fine. many thanks for your help -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423