On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:14, Mr. Geek wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> >>> Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> >>>> On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> >>>>> Easy fix. As root, run "mkdir /mnt/cdrom". All will be good.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may
> >>>>> have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount
> >>>>> points for other things must have been created after hda6 was
> >>>>> mounted on
> >>>>> /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is
> >>>>> missing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mikkel
> >>>>
> >>>> Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I
> >>>> have
> >>>> sound.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Rosemary
> >>>
> >>> Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes
> >>> me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last
> >>> time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so
> >>> that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it
> >>> still trying to run. Not a good thing.
> >>>
> >>> Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card
> >>> reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did.
> >>>
> >>> Mikkel
> >>
> >> Not sure what to expect as have only used it in Windows where a
> >> dialogue window comes up with options (once it is plugged in with card
> >> in), and the green light on the card reader flashes when the photos
> >> are being uploaded.
> >>
> >> I went into gwenview to see if I could see anything - couldn't, but my
> >> process could be incorrect. Don't know if this helps or not
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat sysconfig/hotplug
> >> # This file contains defaults for hotplug
> >> #
> >> # HOTPLUG_RC_$SUBSYSTEM controls whether subsystem is started by
> >> # hotplug rc script ("cold plugging")
> >> #
> >> # SUBSYSTEM currently is usb, input, ieee1394, scsi.
> >>
> >> HOTPLUG_RC_usb=yes
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$
> >>
> >> I may just need to learn to mount it?
> >>
> >> Rosemary
> >
> > Well, if you are running KDE, you should get a new desktop icon when you
> > plug it in. From the CLI, there should be ether /mnt/removable or
> > /mnt/camera with the device already mounted on it. If not, you could try:
> >
> > mkdir /mnt/camera
> > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera
> >
> > If that does not work, then run "usbview" and see if it is being
> > detected...
> >
> > Mikkel
>
> Don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but make sure the camera
> is in 'Play' mode as well. That was my problem and as soon as I flipped
> the 'Play' switch, FLPhoto plopped an icon on the desktop and Digikam
> and GwenView were happy little campers.
>
> Sometimes it's the simple things that make all the difference.
>
> Good Luck Rosemary!
>
> HTH's.
If only ... I'd been to a page of johnwyles and he gave this suggestion too.
Unfortunately no such luck for me. Now trying with a card reader, but as you
might have seen my system is a mess! Waiting for 10.2 to be available next
month and that a new install will sort some things out for me.
Thanks
Rosemary
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