i have several memorysticks formated in my sony dsc-71 digital camera.
it formats the sticks with a file system layout of
/dcim/ /memstick.ind
i have a ide atapi ziplike memorystick adaptor
i mount it with a command of
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/memorystick
i can list the files at the shell and view the photos with the program xv
however nautilus shows the directory /dcim as a file with the size of ...
and thats that
gimp , eye of gnome don't work either
i thought maybe it was gtk so i tried to open it with opera and still nothing
i cp 'd the files over to my hard drive and now i can browse the dcim directory
but still can't read the files example dcm00456.jpg ...
doesnt seem to know what kind of files they are or any information about them
am i mounting them with the right file system type ?
i tried vfat umsdos msdos and they all did the same thing
maybe a hardware error these programs trip over?
i never had any problems in windows reading the sticks and never had a driver installed
and was using a windows version that predates memorysticks
fish

>i can list the files at the shell and view the photos with the program xv
So when you do:That works?

If so, what about ?

yea that works too, xv doesn't seem to have any problem either way

This is certainly very odd. What error do you recieve if you attempt to open one of the offending jpegs in the gimp?

if i open from the stick gimp says
"open failed
dcim: Unknown file type"
or from the directory i copied over
"can't open "dsc00345.jpg""
and opera gives "could not open file"

"open failed
dcim: Unknown file type"
Well that one's because you're trying to open the directory, not a file.

Do you have anywhere you could make an offending image available for testing purposes?

but gimp thinks the directory is a file, and lists it as such
and no i don't have any web space