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From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.hda.com>
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Subject: Re: digital camera
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> "eric k. wolven" <wyrdwulf@catskill.net> writes:
> 
> > I'm thinking of finally getting a digital camera.
> >
> > Is there one that seems to do "better" with freebsd?
> >
> > What about the software to move the pic(s) to the pc?
> 
> I've got a Sony DSC-S70; I just plug it into a USB port and it appears as
> /dev/da2s1 (da2 because I have 2 SCSI drives). Requires devices scbus, da,
> and either uhci or ohci in kernel config, and usb and umass either in config
> or loaded as modules.
> 
> I have one problem with this setup, though; when I unplug the camera, the
> USB subsystem seems to crash: the umass driver won't re-attach the camera
> if I plug it back in, and usbdevs(8) hangs.  Anyone else seen this? have a
> fix?

Hmm, I'm using FreeBSD 4.2 and have that problem with formatting the
memory stick but haven't had the usbdevs hang.  I don't suppose you've
stumbled on a way to get the camera firmware level?  I just checked
the camera menus and couldn't see one.

Peter

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