On Tuesday 28 January 2003 19:30 pm, Mike wrote:

On Tuesday 28 January 2003 19:08, Bruce Marshall wrote:

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Does anyone on this list have a Canon S40 or S45 camera?

Interested in knowing whether it will act as a USB mass-storage device...

The President of our LUG has an S40 and it works OK.

He did a presentation to our LUG on setting it up as a USB device.

There are links at www.oclug.on.ca

Checked the links.... Do you know whether he used a card reader to use the camera or whether it was directly pluggable....? I'd like a camera that is directly pluggable... Such as the Nikon Coolpics 2500 is. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 01/28/03 19:54 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Your Zip file is open."

On Tuesday 28 January 2003 20:28 pm, Steve wrote:

I have a canon s30, which should work just like an s40 or s45. I just plug it into a usb port and a camera icon appears on the desktop. Click on that and it lets me browse through the pictures on the camera. I can also use gtkam to look at what's on the camera (and copy to/from the camera).

Thanks... just what I needed to know... -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 01/28/03 20:46 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "THINK! or THWIM!"

On Tuesday 28 January 2003 21:35 pm, Derek Fountain wrote:

I have an S40. It's pluggable and works with gphoto2 out of the box.

Thanks... I assume that means it will work as USB mass-storage device and doesn't need the use of gphoto2.... -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 01/28/03 22:00 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't live there?"

On Tuesday 28 January 2003 22:13 pm, Derek Fountain wrote:

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I have an S40. It's pluggable and works with gphoto2 out of the box.

Thanks... I assume that means it will work as USB mass-storage device and doesn't need the use of gphoto2....

Erm, I have no idea. I connect the camera, type:

cd ~/images/tmp gphoto2 -P

and all the images arrive in my tmp directory. That's as much as I ever do with it. I don't actually know what the usage of a camera as a mass storage device actually gains you. Care to elaborate?

Sure... USB devices that can act as mass-storage devices are handled by the normal USB code in the kernel, meaning that you don't need any extra software or 'unnatural acts' to deal with them. Such devices usually show up as scsi devices (such as /dev/sdc1) and can be mounted as VFAT drives. Once mounted, the contents(images) and possible movie files can be viewed and copied to your hard drive. Make life very simple. Most people report that as soon as they plug their USB cameras into a linux USB port, an icon shows up on their desktop and they can click on it to navigate the camera files. I haven't been that lucky but mounting isn't a big deal. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 01/28/03 23:29 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

On Wednesday 29 January 2003 4:21 am, Derek Fountain wrote:

I just tried it and it didn't work with my setup. But then, I have my own kernel and 3 SCSI disks already in the system, so it might behave a bit differently on my box. Although I can see it makes life easier for some, for my method of working it's not worth trying to figure it out. Thanks for the info though.

I have a system with two scsi drives and it works here.... Take a look in /var/messages after you've plugged the camera in.. and also try 'usbview' to see if the camera is seen by your system. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 01/29/03 09:19 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Help! I'm being held prisoner in a fortune cookie factory!"

* Bill Wisse [02-01-03 03:28]:

I have a Ricoh Caplio RR 30 and when I plug it in a USB NO icon on the desktop. I drives me crazy . I don't know how to get it working. Gphoto etc doesn't work because this camera is not supported.

And this has what to do with: Subject: Re: [SLE] Canon S40 or S45 Did you hijack the thread? You have trimmed no irrelevant text and you TOFU. -- Patrick Shanahan http://wahoo.no-ip.org Registered Linux User #207535 icq#173753138 @ http://counter.li.org

Derek Fountain wrote:

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Checked the links.... Do you know whether he used a card reader to use the camera or whether it was directly pluggable....? I'd like a camera that is directly pluggable... Such as the Nikon Coolpics 2500 is.

I have an S40. It's pluggable and works with gphoto2 out of the box.

Wow, I had to try this. Worked great with my Olympus C-3020. In fact, I think this is the easiet thing I've ever gotten to work in Linux after 4+ years using it. -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions