Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:31:49 +0300 From: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> To: Lars Eighner <usb@larseighner.com> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Olympus D-540 camera + umass = crash Message-ID: <49D8DCF5.5070007@raad.tartu.ee> In-Reply-To: <20090405104424.O44961@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <20090405020705.R69328@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <200904051223.56559.toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> <20090405104424.O44961@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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Lars Eighner wrote: > On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Toomas Aas wrote: > >> Sunday 05 April 2009 10:29:10 kirjutas Lars Eighner: >> >>> A number of upgrade cycles ago, when I loaded umass, I could plug in my >>> Olympus D-540 camera. It would be recognized as a da device and >>> could be >>> mounted as a FAT drive (i.e. msdosfs). >> >> [...] >> >>> Eventually the HPLIP driver was improved to the point that it broke the >>> scan, fax, and card reader functions. But it still works as a printer. >>> Meanwhile it seems umass was upgraded to the point that it can no longer >>> use the camera. So I cannot get photos out of my camera either way. >> >> Can you set the camera to PTP mode? > > I don't know what that is, so I suppose the answer is no. Well, maybe it isn't - have you checked the manual of your camera? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol > >> If so, you may be able to use gtkam to get photos out of the camera. >> It's >> the only way my RELENG_7 box is able to talk to my Nikon Coolpix L5, >> which >> caused the machine to crash when used in umass mode >> (http://lnk.nu/freebsd.org/u9q.cgi). > > Did it work on previous releases? It did work with FreeBSD 6.x, but that was on another PC so I don't know whether it's the FreeBSD version or USB controller hardware that makes the difference in my case. > > My camera worked on some release in the past and many releases prior to > that. Somebody broke umass. All I am asking of that person is: when did > you break umass, so I can downgrade to just before that. > I'm not trying to "justify" FreeBSD, just suggesting a possible alternative. -- Toomas Aas
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