Hello, I have a casio exilim digital camera and am unable to connect to the camera using either gtkam or digikam. When attempting to connect to the camera using either I get the same message:

gp_port_write: Resource temporarily unavailable

gtkam autodetects the camera as 'USB PTP Class Camera'
digikam autodetects the camera as the same thing, and when I attempt to connect is when I get the gp_port_write message above.

Below is the output of my /proc/bus/usb/devices

T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 2
P: Vendor=07cf ProdID=1001 Rev=10.00
S: Manufacturer=CASIO COMPUTER
S: Product=CASIO QV DIGITAL
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=01 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 64 Ivl=1ms
I: If#= 0 Alt= 1 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=05 Prot=01 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 64 Ivl=32ms
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 2 Atr=c0 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=06(still) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 64 Ivl=100ms

here is the output from /var/log/messages when the camera is turned on

Sep 26 10:06:25 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Sep 26 10:06:45 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Sep 26 10:06:45 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
Sep 26 10:06:45 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Sep 26 10:06:46 localhost usb.agent[6299]: Keeping default configuration with /sys//devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb3/3-2
Sep 26 10:06:46 localhost usb.agent[6328]: usb-storage: already loaded
Sep 26 10:06:50 localhost kernel: Vendor: Casio Model: QV DigitalCamera Rev: 1000
Sep 26 10:06:50 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Sep 26 10:06:50 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 248320 512-byte hdwr sectors (127 MB)
Sep 26 10:06:51 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Sep 26 10:06:51 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 248320 512-byte hdwr sectors (127 MB)
Sep 26 10:06:51 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Sep 26 10:06:51 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host3/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Sep 26 10:06:51 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Sep 26 10:06:51 localhost kernel: Attached scsi generic sg2 at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0
Sep 26 10:06:51 localhost scsi.agent[6374]: sd_mod: can't be loaded (for disk)




here is fdisk -l
fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3404 27342598+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 3405 3526 979965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 * 3527 4864 10747485 7 HPFS/NTFS

I have not added anything into /etc/fstab maybe I should?
I have googled but could not find a solution. Any suggestions? Thanks

is it supposed to work at all?

look here for some info on your setup and hopefully a solution: http://www.harald-schreiber.de/

Yes it is supposed to work. From what I understand the camera is supported by my kernel. Here is another oddity. I was where I have the program 'showfoto' installed and tried it. It mounted /dev/sdb1 to /media/sdb1 and I am able to view the pictures off the camera. I can also browse /media/sdb1 from my file manager and get the pictures that way. I guess this has become more of a digikam and gtkam problem than a system problem. I can not seem to figure out why these programs can not access my camera? Both are able to auto detect it but can not connect to it. I have tried it with /dev/sdb1 mounted and unmounted, anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

Okay, once realizing it was a digikam problem I did some searching and found another thread where the problem is the same as mine. I basically had to mount the camera using the following;

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/camera

I then told digikam that the camera was a usb mass storage device - from the add camera option. Works like a charm.

However, the camera is really for my wife and she is not going to *want* to do this each time. How do I force the camera to mount to /mnt/camera everytime I plug it in? Or force it to mount anywhere each time? Thanks in advance

Just to answer my own questions and to hopefully help others in the future, I was able to install usbmount via apt-get. Once installed, I turned my camera on and it automounted to /media/usb0, from there i told digikam that mount location and it works.

A suggestion with wife, girlfriend etc.

I made a tiny alias for my wife
(it is a canon PS type of camera). She is very happy with it and even did not want to try gtkam when I introduced it for her. So a small script occasionally would perhaps work well.

Best,
Ott