Hi! My problem is with a Canon Powershot S40 digital camera,i use gphoto2 and digikam to download the files from the camera,i have no problem to do that as root but i cannot do it as a normal user,so my problem is NOT gphoto2 or digikam it is more likely the permissions on the usb ports.
I use a usb printer,HP photosmart without problem as a normal user? anyone who knows the difference between a usb printer and a usb camera? why i can use the printer but not the camera as a normal user?
Running Slackware 10.1.

Lars.

sounds like your /etc/fstab is wrong. can you show it please.

if not you might need to change your udev rules to create the device with '666' permissions.

but lets look at /etc/fstab 1st.....

Yes here it comes.

/dev/hda9 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda5 /usr reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda6 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda7 /tmp reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda8 /var reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,user,ro 0 0
/dev/sr1 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto noauto,owner,user,ro 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Lars.

Try to add to the fstab that option

change /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto noauto,owner,user,ro 0 0

to

/dev/sda1 /mnt/camera noauto,user,ro 0 0

should be mountable as a user

Hi again! No i get the message "there are no such device" sda1 or sda0 but as root i can use the camera??
How to find out what device the camera is?

Lars.

what command are you doing to mount the device?

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera

hmmm
ok what does it do if you type:


"mount /mnt/camera", as a normal normal user (after changing your /etc/fstab)

mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist

are you unmounting it properly after root has used it??

and does it exist if you do a ls -l /dev/sda1??

Yes it is unmounted after root's use.
ls -l /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: No such file or directory

so then after u unmount it take it out and plug it back in...

The same!?

i give up. dont know how it can't be there when you do ls -l.

like i say you need to take it out and plug it back in after you unmount it sometimes...