I've started d/l'ing Knoppix, so hopefully I'll try it tonight. I was thinking if it is not possible at all to read this flash card in Linux. However, I read on the net that people were successful with other models of JVC. I guess they all should have the same way of reading their flash cards. I found successful story here:
http://www.linuxsa.org.au/pipermail/...er/062212.html
The model and distro are different, although. Have a look.

well, good news, it works seamlessly under Knoppix. I've just plugged in the camera, turned it on et voila, I was able to access all pictures without any problem.

So how can we make SuSE do it as well?

I still say you are close. sg_map should have showed the true link. Its there but yet its not. Let me know how knoppix goes.

Brian1
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knoppix is fine, but I would prefer to use SuSE. what should we do next?

I assume you mean Knoppix did what you wanted to do? If Suse 9.2 is as new as I think it is probably using udev. Very new feature.

Okay I am not a Suse person. Mostly Redhat / Fedora. Most of my system is Fedora Core 3 but do have pieces and parts still on it from other distros.

Something I don't think I have asked is what kernel version are you running?

If it is 2.6.9.****. You might want to try 2.6.10.rc3. I myself had issues with all 2.6.9 kernels with USB. I had no problems with 2.6.7 or 2.6.8 or now the 2.6.10. Something about 2.6.9 was wrong for me and my hardware.

Next I would try is a new kernel.

You can review this if you never built a kernel before. The .config part is something Redhat / FC uses. I don't know if Suse creates one on install. If it does let me know. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...36#post1401136

Looks like the 3.7 relase of knoppix uses the 2.6.9 kernel but others have modifed the kernel and made fixes themselves. Alan Cox makes many rewrites amoung others.

Let me know how it goes.
Brian1
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Yes, Knoppix runs on 2.6.9 kernel. So why do you think that it may be a kernel problem?

I've got a feeling taht it may be a problem with a hotplugger. When I booted up Knoppix, and plugged in and turned on the camera, its icon appeared on the desktop almost instantly. With SuSE you can never tell. Sometimes I turn on the camera and nothing happens. Sometimes the icon appears in devices and sometimes only in hotplugger. I wonder why?

Well the people at Knoppix do a alot of tweaking, They customize the kernel to work better for thier product. Redhat, Suse, mandrake all do the same. I would really try a new kernel. Let me know how it turns out.

Brian1
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btw, I've got 2.6.8 kernel. I downloaded source for 2.6.10 from kernel.org and spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to update my current version and all in vain

You can do a ' make allmodconfig '. It creates a .config file that turns everything on and if it can be a module it will be made that way. This will create a large setup. Once you understand the kernel you can cut items out like raid, cards you don't have (so as to make modules, saves drive space ), watchdog, and other stuff. This is run in the new kernel directory. That is where the makefile is that use the make command. Typing ' make help ' list other options.

Should be able to follow most of the my post on kernel building in above post.

Brian1
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i'll leave it or a weekend then, thanks a lot. i'll post the results....

ok, I've updated the kernel using rpm. There is a slight improvement. Now I can see the camera in YaST/Expert Partitioner as 2 entries:

/dev/sda 2.0 MB DV CAMERA 0 15
/dev/sda1 7.4 MB Linux native 0 59

However, it does not appear in drives:/ and does not create a folder in /media, so I have no idea how to enter it.

ok, I managed to mount it with mount /dev/sda1 /media/dsc it works ok

Now how to make it automatic like in Knoppix? Is a problem with hotplugger?

Glad you have it working. What kernel you end up using?

Don't know how suse does it automaout stuff but here is a thought. If this the only device you plan on using then add it to /etc/fstab. If using KDE the you can right click on the desktop and select Create New > Device > MO Drive. Edit the properties of the new icon. It is somewhat automated but you must plug in the camera first then the next USB device and so all. If the mount is generic then as long as you know what order it was plugged in then click the device icon is not to bad.

If you figure out how to automount and do what knoppix does then please post an update.

you could try study the files on the knoppix disk and maybe figure out how and add to Susse.

Brian1
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thanks. it is 2.6.10 I'll post here if I find the solution...

Quick google came up with this. Its a start.
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/in...=0&#entry51480
http://entropy.brneurosci.org/linuxsetup16.html

Brian1
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