Thomas, forget about gtkam. If it doesn't support your camera then you can't use the camera *as* a camera. That means gtkam won't work. Your next option is as I explained, but for that to work your camera has to support disk drive access. Mine didn't work like that out of the box. I had to go through the camera menus to find an option that switched it from camera device to disk device. That works for HP cameras. Yours may work different, but you should be able to find out in your camera's menus or in the manual. If it doesn't support disk drive access I think you are out of luck. Well, I mean for getting the camera to work by itself. The other option would be to use a memory card reader. You plug the memory card into the reader, and connect the reader to your computer's usb port. The reader must also be able to function as a generic disk drive, so don't make the mistake (as I did, so I returned it) of buying a reader that doesn't support this. Ask around for readers that are known to work with linux. Of course the best option would be if your camera will work alone so you don't have to waste money on a card reader. YaST should automatically add a line to your fstab if the hotplug controller detects your camera or reader. You should see a new directory under /media too. It added /media/sda1 in my case. I set up the icon in kde like this: Right click on an empty area on your desktop Select - Create New -> CD/DVD-ROM Device In the filename space, replace "CD/DVD-ROM Device" with the name of your camera ("HP Photosmart" in my case) Select an icon. If you click the drop down box "Applications" and select "Device" there is a nice camera icon. Click the Device tab. Select the device & mount point from the drop down box [/dev/sda1 (/media/sda1) in my case] Make sure "Read Only" is not check if you want to be able to clear the memory. Select the unmounted icon. Click ok. Done. If you select different icons you will see when it is mounted and when it is not. I like the camera icon while unmounted, and a mounted disk or folder icon as the mounted icon. That way, you will be more likely to remember to unmount when you are done. Also, if the hotplug system doesn't add the line to your /etc/fstab, you may have to do it yourself. Otherwise the device and mount point won't be listed in the device drop down box. I added the line: /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto noauto,user,exec,gid=100,umask=000 0 0 This line also eliminates any annoying permission errors I might get. If you can't see what device to use, hit Ctl+Alt+F10 then plug in the camera. Hopefully you will hear a beep and see it attached to a device. If not, then it probably doesn't support disk drive access. Lots -o- luck! John Scott Thomas Widlundh wrote:
Hi again, Well, this isn't easy to me....
I've found a program called "USB Viewer". This shows two USB:s, both called "USB Root Hub". If I start the camera, connected to the USB port 1, the USB Viewer will show some kind of sousdevice in red text to the first USB Root Hub, "2.1M DigitalCAM". You can ckilck on that and get a lot of information like manufacturer, speed, classes, addresses and so on. If I turn the camera off, this red text disappears from the USB Root Hub.
It's clear to me that it is a connection between the camera and the USB and it seems to be working in one sence. But I don't manage to get to the pictures. gtkam don't have my camera in the list. I seems not be able to mount /media/sda1 or sdb1. No fault message whatsoever. Well.... Out of ideas....
Regards Thomas