Permission problem with my digital camera in gthumb

huepfendes_schaf · 03-24-2006, 05:43 PM

Hello
When I try to import my photos in gthumb I receive the message:

Quote:

An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make sure no other program or kernel module (such as sdc2xx, stv680, spca50x) is using the device and you have read/write access to the device.

my camera is a nikon coolpix 990.

As root it works fine. Does anybody knows, how I can give the permissions?

Thanks in advance

Samoth · 03-24-2006, 06:30 PM

I actually wish I knew that. I have the same problems in slackware.

/bin/bash · 04-09-2006, 11:21 AM

Code:

$ lsusb;ls -l /dev/usb*;ls -l /proc/bus/usb/002
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0781:0621 SanDisk Corp. SDDR-86 Imagemate 6-in-1 Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
crw-rw----  1 root root 189,   0 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev1.1
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 128 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.1
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 129 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.2
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 130 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.3
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 131 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.4
crw-rw----  1 root root 189,   0 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev3.1
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 43 2006-04-09 09:28 001
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 73 2006-04-09 09:28 002
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 43 2006-04-09 09:28 003
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 50 2006-04-09 09:28 004

If I plug in my digital camera and do lsusb I get this:

Code:

$ lsusb;ls -l /dev/usb*;ls -l /proc/bus/usb/002
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 040a:0576 Kodak Co. DX4530
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0781:0621 SanDisk Corp. SDDR-86 Imagemate 6-in-1 Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
crw-rw----  1 root root 189,   0 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev1.1
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 128 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.1
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 129 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.2
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 130 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.3
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 131 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev2.4
crw-rw----  1 root root 189, 135 2006-04-09 10:01 /dev/usbdev2.8
crw-rw----  1 root root 189,   0 2006-04-09 09:28 /dev/usbdev3.1
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 43 2006-04-09 09:28 001
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 73 2006-04-09 09:28 002
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 43 2006-04-09 09:28 003
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 50 2006-04-09 09:28 004
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 57 2006-04-09 10:01 008

As you can see the camera caused a device 008 to be created on bus 002. Now if I change the permissions of that device so I have r/w access then I will not get the error you are getting.

As root:
chmod go+w /proc/bus/usb/002/008

Code:

$ ls -l /proc/bus/usb/002
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 43 2006-04-09 09:28 001
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 73 2006-04-09 09:28 002
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 43 2006-04-09 09:28 003
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 50 2006-04-09 09:28 004
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root 57 2006-04-09 10:15 008

I'm trying to figure out how to get usbfs to create the device with the correct permissions but havent had any luck so far. Please post if you have any luck.

This is the entry I have in /etc/fstab
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs user,defaults 0 0

<edit> As a quick-fix I run this script when I need access to my camera.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
USBPATH="/proc/bus/usb"
STRING=( `lsusb|grep DX4530|sed 's/://'` )
BUS=${STRING[1]}
DEV=${STRING[3]}
[ ! -f $USBPATH/$BUS/$DEV ] && echo "Could not locate $USBPATH/$BUS/$DEV" && exit 1
echo "Changing permissions for $USBPATH/$BUS/$DEV"
sudo chmod go+w $USBPATH/$BUS/$DEV

/bin/bash · 08-23-2006, 01:02 AM

Find the script which is mounting usbfs (for slackware it is /etc/rc.d/rc.udev) and make it mount so you have rw permissions:
I modified my /etc/rc.d/rc.udev file like this:

Code:

# Mount usbfs:
if ! grep -wq usbfs /proc/mounts ; then
   if [ -d /proc/bus/usb ]; then
       mount usbfs -t usbfs /proc/bus/usb -o \
       devgid=10,devmode=0664, \
       busgid=10,busmode=775  #<edit> Oops no \ needed here
   fi
fi

NOTE: devgid=10 sets the device Group ID to wheel and my user is a member of wheel group. Also busgid sets the USB BUS directory Group ID to wheel.

<edit> Also you can do this through the /etc/fstab file
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=10,devmode=0664,busgid=10,busmode=775 0 0