On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 11:13 AM <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 11:03:05AM -0500, Mark Copper wrote: > > Trying to connect to a device, I get this error message: > > What are you trying to do while this error show up? How does it > show up (e.g. desktop pop up, some log file...)? > > > *** Error *** > > An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB > > device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Device or resource busy). Make > > sure no other program (gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor) or kernel module > > (such as sdc2xx, stv680, spca50x) is using the device and you have > > read/write access to the device. > > *** Error (-53: 'Could not claim the USB device') *** > > Things to try: > > - Issue (on a terminal, as root or sudo) "dmesg | tail", a short while > after having inserted the USB device. > - If the USB device poses as a storage device, issue "mount", to check > whether something on your box (your DE, perhaps) has mounted the > file system. > - Look in /var/log/messages and/or /var/log/syslog (or however these > things are called, should your init system be systemd: I'm not > qualified for that, others will chime in, I guess). > Note that USB devices can pose as different things "at the same > time". > > HTH > -- tomás
The error is generated in response to this command: $gphoto2 --summary The camera is recognized properly in dmesg. But it might be relevant that the Chrome OS sees it as a storage device, and it's important not to treat the camera as a storage device if one wants to use the computer to control the camera. However, I cannot see that the device is actually mounted. (the output of "mount" has become so complicated these days...) I don't see either messages or syslog under the chroot.