From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 22:05:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7832716A4CF for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:05:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 621FE43D3F for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:05:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from frambozen (frambozen [192.168.1.9]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA15657; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:05:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:06:12 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: Roland Smith In-Reply-To: <20050306202534.GB70082@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <20050306164830.M963@frambozen.monochrome.org> References: <200503061948.16313.olivier.certner@free.fr> <20050306202534.GB70082@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with libgphoto2, Canon Ixus v2 (USB) and 5.3-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:05:37 -0000 On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 07:48:16PM +0100, Olivier Certner wrote: >> I've tried to download a few pics from my Canon Ixus v2 camera with >> libgphoto2 (frontends: kamera and gphoto2) without success. The camera is >> supported though, I even used libgphoto2 successfully on a Linux system with >> an older version of the lib (which I don't remember!). > > In dealing with digital cameras, I've always found it easier to try and > mount them as a USB drive (via umass / da), which a lot of them > support. If you hook up the camera, is there any mention of a umass > device in dmesg? If so you can just mount it as a harddisk. Agreed. I've never even attempted to use gphoto or anything like it. I just plug in the USB cable and copy files from the camera. Quick and easy, no special software needed. Once the pictures are off the camera, you can have your evil way with them :^) Another nice thing is that I can cd to the directory on the camera's "drive" where the pictures are stored, and manipulate them from a shell prompt, instead of having to deal with the camera's menu buttons. To make life easier, I have an entry in /etc/fstab: /dev/da0s1 /camera msdos rw,noauto 0 0 ...and a symlink: lrwxr-xr-x 1 chris chris 21 Mar 6 16:59 camera -> /camera/dcim/101msdcf (this is for a Sony camera, but you get the idea.) -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]