On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 15:50 +0100, Joost Roeleveld wrote:
> > I have a Kodak EasyShare CX7300. I have gphoto2-2.3.1 installed. I'm
> > currently running kernel 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 . In the past, I have used
> > the command "# gphoto2 -P [1]" to offload picture from this camera.
> > Until today, it has always worked. Today I tried to offload pictures
> > from the camera and I get this:
> >
> > camille ~ # gphoto2 -P [1]
> >
> > *** Error ***
> > An error occurred in the io-library ('Bad parameters'): Could not find
> > USB device (vendor 0x40a, product 0x578). Make sure this device is
> > connected to the computer.
> > *** Error (-2: 'Bad parameters') ***
> >
> > For debugging messages, please use the --debug option.
> > Debugging messages may help finding a solution to your problem.
> > If you intend to send any error or debug messages to the gphoto
> > developer mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, please run
> > gphoto2 as follows:
> >
> > env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug --debug-logfile=my-logfile.txt -P "[1]"
> >
> > Please make sure there is sufficient quoting around the arguments.
> >
> > This seems to suggest that the camera is not properly connected to the
> > computer. Yet, dmesg says:
> >
> > usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 11
> > usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> >
> > Is this something that I can fix myself, or should I report it as a bug?
>
> I have a similar camera as yourself and don't think I've had this problem
> before.
> Can you make sure that the camera is actually connected, and switched on
> (light is on) while running the "gphoto2 -P" command?
> I find that there is a limited amount of time available from turning on
> the camera to being able to download the pictures.
>
> Also, can you make sure that libgphoto2 is compiled with USB support:
> "gphoto2 -v"
>
> You should see something like:
> --
> # gphoto2 -v
> gphoto2 2.2.0
>
> Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Lutz Mueller and others
>
> gphoto2 comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may
> redistribute copies of gphoto2 under the terms of the GNU General Public
> License. For more information about these matters, see the files named
> COPYING.
>
> This version of gphoto2 is using the following software versions and options:
> gphoto2 2.2.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc, popt, no exif,
> cdk, no aa, no jpeg, readline
> libgphoto2 2.2.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc, no EXIF, no
> /proc/meminfo
> libgphoto2_port 0.6.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc, USB, serial
> without locking
> --
>
> Your versions will likely be different but I would be able to test with a
> more recent version soon as I am planning on upgrading this machine.
>
> But the thing you want to make sure you have is the "USB" part.
>
> If none of this gives any indication, could you run the "gphoto2" command
> with dubbing, as suggested in the output:
> env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug --debug-logfile=my-logfile.txt -P "[1]"
> Or, if this doesn't work, with:
> env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug --debug-logfile=my-logfile.txt -P
>
> And let me know if there are any further error messages in the logfile.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Joost Roeleveld
>
camille ~ # gphoto2 -v
gphoto2 2.3.1
Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Lutz Mueller and others
gphoto2 comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may
redistribute copies of gphoto2 under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. For more information about these matters, see the files named
COPYING.
This version of gphoto2 is using the following software versions and
options:
gphoto2 2.3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc, popt(m), exif,
cdk, no aa, no jpeg, readline
libgphoto2 2.3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc, ltdl, EXIF
libgphoto2_port 0.7.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc, ltdl, USB, serial
without locking
When a run the gphoto2 command, the camera has been plugged into the
computer for at least ten seconds...
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