How do I mount my camera?

jspaceman · 09-06-2005, 07:48 AM

I'm using Slackware -current with kernel 2.6.13. I have a Minolta DiMage G400 digital camera that I wish to use in Linux. The camera seems to be detected by the kernel when I plug the USB cable in:

From dmesg

Quote:

usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 6
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: MINOLTA Model: DiMAGE G400 Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
usb-storage: device scan complete

But how do I mount it so I can download the pics using digikam or gtkam? I tried running 'mount -t usbfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera', and digikam will display a few files, but they are all blank so I take it I am not mounting the camera when I type that? Any idea what device I should be mounting?

akudewan · 09-06-2005, 08:09 AM

I use a program called "gtkam". You could try it out, makes things much easier.

http://www.gphoto.org/proj/gtkam/

T2F · 09-06-2005, 08:23 AM

Your camera is not supported by libgphoto2, the backend for digikam & gtkam. See:

http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php

for details.
Since it is being detected as a usb-storage device, after dmesg has finished, as root run:

fdisk -l /dev/sda

Pay particular attention to the 'system' column. Use that filesystem when you mount sda1 (or whatever it is). Then you can use any filemanager to manage your pictures.
Regards,
Bill

jspaceman · 09-06-2005, 08:38 AM

I'm not even sure the camera is at sda1. When I ran 'fdisk -l /dev/sda1' it didn't list anything. Is there some way to tell what the camera is listed as in the /dev directory? (eg. /dev/sda?? /dev/sda1?? etc.)

I was under the impression that, using digikam, I could select 'USB Mass Storage' in the 'camera configuration' section, and then type in the camera mount path (eg. /mnt/camera), and it would let me download any pics off the camera.

gbonvehi · 09-06-2005, 08:47 AM

It should be fdisk -l /dev/sda not sda1

by the way, are you sure the fs type should be usbfs? Try vfat.

jspaceman · 09-06-2005, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gbonvehi
It should be fdisk -l /dev/sda not sda1

by the way, are you sure the fs type should be usbfs? Try vfat.

I tried both 'fdisk -l /dev/sda' and fdisk -l /dev/sda1', and both of them didn't return anything.

When I try 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/camera' I get

Quote:

mount: /dev/sda is not a valid block device

T2F · 09-06-2005, 09:06 AM

As root, run

fdisk -l

(leave off the device). This will show the partitions on all your drives & allow you to see what device your camera is on. Then proceed as above.
Regards,
Bill

jspaceman · 09-06-2005, 09:27 AM

'fdisk -l' gives me:

Code:

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1   *       17500       59543    21189703+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdc2               1       16223     8176360+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc3           16224       17499      643104    5  Extended
/dev/hdc5           16224       17499      643072+  82  Linux swap

Nothing there about my camera. I'm beginning to think that I might have to recompile my kernel to add in SCSI support, as this page and this page seem to suggest. According to the first URL the Minolta DiMage G400 can be used with the 'USB Mass Storage' driver. And Linuxquestions' own Hardware Compatibility List has an entry for the DiMage G400.

T2F · 09-06-2005, 10:18 AM

You're right. The Digikam docs have good info for getting it to work. I don't use the usb-storage & didn't realize that Digikam would do that. My bad. Good luck.
Regards,
Bill

gbonvehi · 09-06-2005, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jspaceman
When I try 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/camera' I get

Try: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera

jspaceman · 09-07-2005, 04:06 AM

Sho nuff' recompiling my kernel with SCSI support (as per these instructions) allows me to access the camera as a USB storage device and download pics off of it. I can't change the camera's settings, or anything like that; but that's OK as I understand the Minolta DiMage G400 isn't supported in that way and can only be accessed as a USB storage device.

So 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera' works now.

T2F · 09-07-2005, 07:13 AM

Good. I'm glad you got it working.
Regards,
Bill