Well, I'm hosed. It seems the HP 215 and 315 were *mistakenly* added to the GPhoto2 supported cameras list. So much for checking for compatibility before investing a couple hundred dollars. To use it, I have to have a compact flash reader that works with Linux to read the images out. Digital Wokan wrote: > > Maybe there's something in your camera. Because I just tried it with my > HP 215 and the mount returned /dev/sda1 as an unknown device. How do I > determine which /dev the modprobe attached usb-storage to? > > Bob Young wrote: > > > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700 > > "ben s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one > > has > > > the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go > > for > > > linux usage??? > > > > USB is definitely the way to go. I have a Casio QV2000UX (2.1 Mpixel, 3 x > > optical zoom, full auto and manual modes, comes with 8MB CF card, I put a > > 64MB in it, and it supports IBM microdrive of 340MB. Cost me ~ $300). It > > works with LM 8.0 without any extra software. I believe any USB camera > > should work this way. > > I simply use the mass storage device driver - just do a > > 'modprobe usb-storage'. Of course you need to have usbcore and usb-uhci > > loaded, usually done by init. > > I added the following line to /etc/fstab (I have no SCSI drives) - > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0 > > and made a node at the mount point /mnt/camera. > > I plug in the camera, switch it on, and then do a 'mount /mnt/camera' , > > and I can then read the CF card just like a disk drive, and copy the files > > I want. It's really slick - and fast. > > > > Bob > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com
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