From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 11:31:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5682B16A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:31:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E2843D39 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:31:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02 ([157.226.230.209]:4710 helo=mvaexch02.acuson.com) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Aif6t-0000jN-4u; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:30:55 -0800 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:23:50 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-107.acuson.com ([157.226.46.107]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id VDN3DRK9; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:22:47 -0800 From: Johnson David To: "Mazen S. Alzogbi" , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:28:58 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <1691D8C9A2220149A8AF30209B5D0EB4A6A8F7@sc3.shuaacapital.co.ae> In-Reply-To: <1691D8C9A2220149A8AF30209B5D0EB4A6A8F7@sc3.shuaacapital.co.ae> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401191128.58388.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1Aif6t-0000jN-4u*Bt2OxjJTf/k* Subject: Re: Digital USB Camera X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:31:11 -0000 On Monday 19 January 2004 01:52 am, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > Hi, > > I recently bought the Casio Exilim Z4 Digital Camera > (http://world.casio.com/exilim/en/ex_z4/) and it only works with > Win/Mac > > :( > > As a 1 month old FreeBSD lover I got to ask: is there anyway I can > hook this camera up with my laptop (which runs 4.9-RELEASE) and make > them "talk" ? The specifications page seems to imply that it uses standard USB protocols (look the mac section, where it says "With OS 9/10.1/10.2, USB connection is possible with the standard OS USB driver"). To me this says that it works as a USB mass storage device (umass). Look at the umass man page for technical stuff (and how to make sure you have a kernel that supports it). To see if it's being properly detected, plug it in, then look at the the console (or dmesg) to see what the kernel says. There was an article on using digital cameras under FreeBSD, but I can't seem to find it right now. If you're still having troubles, you might want to consider FreeBSD-5.2. I had one umass device (Creative Nuvo MP3 player) that didn't work under FreeBSD-5.1, but it works fine under FreeBSD-5.2. David