From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 18 19:44:23 2002 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 D5DB837B401 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:44:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-94-58-56.stny.rr.com [24.94.58.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DC0943E4A for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:44:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id DFCF24FC8C; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:31:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA8974A0E; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:31:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:31:06 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: Carl Newman Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony camera In-Reply-To: <3DD99F97.7040106@one.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Carl Newman wrote: > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:19:03 +1000 > From: Carl Newman > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Sony camera > > Hi my name is Carl Newman I have very recently started using freeBSD and > I am having trouble understanding it. > I have a Sony DSC-P51 camera and I can't get the images from the camera > to the computer via the USB slot. > I can get the images in windows but not in bsd please help. > > Thanks > > Carl Newman > You'll need to use an application such as gphoto to view images on your camera, I think. Check it's web page to see if your model is supported: http://www.gphoto.org/cameras.html If it is, you may have to add support to your kernel to use it. The devices aren't enabled "out of the box" yet. BSD proceeds from a "minimum install, add extra device support afterward" direction, rather than supporting lots of hardware from a generic install. Cleaner, more efficient, but ocassionally a little busier :) If your camera is supported, use the handbook to learn how to build your own kernel (it's easy, and a rite of passage) and then you'll need to ad at least usb and umass support to the kernel. I'm not too experienced with cameras yet, but that's the general chain of events. Good luck! # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message