On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

Boris Epstein pecked at the keyboard and wrote:

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Hi there,

If I have a device (specifically, a Nikon Coolpix camera) which I want the udev to create a device for but do not want the system to access it in any other way - how do I do that? In short, I don't want the system to offer me to open it as a mass storage device nor do anything else until I decide to access it.

The reason I want to try it is that it looks like the settings I introduce to the camera get lost because the system is monitoring it somehow. Would be nice to turn that monitoring off.

Thanks.

Boris.

Why not just use a usb adapter for the memory card, that's what I do with my Coolpix camera. And as far as the settings getting lost, it sounds more like the batteries are going dead which will cause the camera to loose it's settings.

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Ken, If my objective were just to retrieve images off of the camera I would do exactly what you suggest. However,my objective is to be able to do remote capture with the camera. Thanks. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:18:35AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Boris Epstein [07-21-09 11:01]:

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If my objective were just to retrieve images off of the camera I would do exactly what you suggest. However,my objective is to be able to do remote capture with the camera.

This info would have been handy :^)

ps: If you find a way, pls advise. I have a D200 and a D3 and have not been able to "remote capture", even with bibblepro. :^(

http://gphoto.org/doc/remote/ Switch the Nikon to PTP mode, then run: gphoto2 --capture-image and so on. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote:

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:18:35AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Boris Epstein [07-21-09 11:01]:

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If my objective were just to retrieve images off of the camera I would do exactly what you suggest. However,my objective is to be able to do remote capture with the camera.

This info would have been handy  :^)

ps:  If you find a way, pls advise.  I have a D200 and a D3 and have not been able to "remote capture", even with bibblepro.  :^(

http://gphoto.org/doc/remote/

Switch the Nikon to PTP mode, then run:        gphoto2 --capture-image and so on.

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OK... How do I switch a Nikon Coolpix 990 or 995 into the PTP mode? I found a couple of manuals on the web, none seems to talk about that. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Boris Epstein wrote:

OK... How do I switch a Nikon Coolpix 990 or 995 into the PTP mode? I found a couple of manuals on the web, none seems to talk about that.

The first hit google gave me for "Nikon Coolpix 990 PTP" was http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4613 and it says the 990 is proprietary and the 995 is MSC only. So you don't :( As ever, it appears it's necessary to figure out what you want to do and check the specs before selecting hardware. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 01:04:14PM -0400, Boris Epstein wrote:

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote:

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On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:18:35AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Boris Epstein [07-21-09 11:01]:

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If my objective were just to retrieve images off of the camera I would do exactly what you suggest. However,my objective is to be able to do remote capture with the camera.

This info would have been handy  :^)

ps:  If you find a way, pls advise.  I have a D200 and a D3 and have not been able to "remote capture", even with bibblepro.  :^(

http://gphoto.org/doc/remote/

Switch the Nikon to PTP mode, then run:        gphoto2 --capture-image and so on.

OK... How do I switch a Nikon Coolpix 990 or 995 into the PTP mode? I found a couple of manuals on the web, none seems to talk about that.

These are pretty old and user even other methods... Sierra mode, hidden behind USB Mass Storage. Turn them to USB Mass Storage mode. gphoto2 --auto-detect will show them with (Sierra Mode). as root: rmmod usb-storage gphoto2 -L gphoto2 --capture-image Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org