Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:30 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble mounting USB digital camera Message-ID: <20100713145930.GB86788@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100713121540.eabdb2ee.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100713085921.GA85064@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100713121540.eabdb2ee.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:15:40PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:59:21 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > > I'm trying to mount USB digital camera > > to FBSD -current (either i386 or amd64). > > > > I get to > > > > ugen1.2: <Eastman Kodak Company> at usbus1 > > > > in dmesg, but no block device appears, > > so I'm not sure how to mount this device. > > There may be two reasons: > > a) The camera does identify as ugen because it has to be interfaced > like a camera device; use photo2 or gtkam to obtain content. > This means you cannot actually mount it, but use a program to > control its actions. > > b) The camera can use both modes, as decribed in a) as well as a > direct access mode; use the camera's setting to switch to the > USB storage mode. Then you can easily mount it. This is some ancient Kodak DC280. I couldn't find how to do (b), but (a) worked fine. many thanks for your help -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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