did you make sure that whatever usb chipset module you need is insmoded and did you add "none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0" to your fstab file and mount. My coolpix 990 wokrs great.
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Angus D Madden wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:08:37AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > > I bought a digital still-image camera today (Canon PowerShot G2) and I > > want my Linux machine to talk to it. So far, after a few hours of trying > > to get it to work, and searching docs and the net for information, I'm > > not having much luck. > > > > I have the gphoto2 package installed. gphoto2 complains that it can't > > find the device: > > > > $gphoto2 --camera "Canon PowerShot G2" --port usb: --get-all-images > > gPhoto2 reported the error 'Could not find the requested device on the USB > > port' > > > > I went through the same with a Canon Powershot s100. I used > <http://www.xena.uklinux.net/Linux/powershot.html> as a reference. I > stopped when I couldn't find a gphoto2 gui deb (gtkam, gnocam). > > I'm waiting for the USBAT-02 driver, so i can mount the efilm reader-2 > directly. See <http://www.lysator.liu.se/~unicorn/hacks/usbat2/> > > g > > > > >