Happens here too, with a Canon PowerShot A510. Manually launching the import wizard works. I'm not sure what would be the relevant log file here.
** Changed in: gthumb (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Import on camera dock event not firing https://launchpad.net/bugs/68707 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs