On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 08:49:48 -0700 Tom Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 08 June 2002 23:20, Ken Moffat carved in granite: > > I see some newer cameras that use autoconnect USB connection, like > > some new Olympus and Kodak 3600 cameras. Gphoto uses a USB > > Mass-storage driver for these, but states they don't support > > downloads. Anyone have any experience with these USB cameras? (or > > usb in general on linux?) (i'm using redhat 7.3 and Caldera 3.1.1 > > right now) > > Thanks. > > I believe gphoto2 lists these cameras (at least the Kodak 3500-3900 > & MC3) are listed as "Experimental". The olympus cameras are not so > > listed. See: > http://www.gphoto.org/cameras.html > > I just bought the Kodak DX-3500, but not the docking station (which > is the one using their "Easy Connection" software. The camera comes > with an USB port (as well as the EasyDock connector), so I just > plugged that in. > > I'm running SuSE 8.0, and it automatically detected the USB device > (there is a GUI USB Viewer that shows it connecting and > disconnecting as the camer is turned on and off). > > Gphoto2 works great with only one exception -- only root has > permissions for the USB port, for some reason (see the "gphoto2 & > USB access" thread). I haven't found a work around for that, yet. > I've built a script to handle downloading, changing > owner/group/permissions and moving into another directory, though. > Now if I can figure out how to make that script executable by > *anyone* while running with root permissions I'm set. Of course, > I'd prefer to change the access on the USB port. > > However, the quick answer (now that I've given you the long one) is > that you can use gphoto2 with the USB port on at least one of these > cameras.
Perhaps, setup and use sudo for your root requirements. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
