Re: Nikon Coolpix 990 USB with kernels 2.6.X

2004-09-15 Thread Steve Mandelmore
Alan E. Davis wrote:

> Can someone correspond about how to use photopc and xphoto (no debian
> package I think) to communicate with this camera over USB?
> 
> Somewhere along the line, a package is mentioned that would set the
> permissions for the usb devices in /proc/bus/usb/, but that package isn't
> any longer available either as a package, or, apparently, on an
> independent site that was referred to "somewhere."  The package was called
> "usb-permissions".
> 
> Any, can this camera be used and controlled remotely from a debian box
> with output over the TV, pictures taken and camera focused through the
> above named packages?  Is it necessary to use kernels 2.4.X?
> 
> Thank you very much, in advance, for any advice,

Hi, no package was necessary to get a Nikon Coolpix 4300 USB working on
kernel 2.6.7.  This camera is probably similar to yours.  This worked in my
case:

Plug the camera into the USB port and turn it on.  As root, type
# dmesg
If it was detected, it will show up at the bottom of the listing.

# fdisk -l
This shows where the USB mass storage device is.  Use this info to update
fstab to mount the device.

Update /etc/fstab to include a line like:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/coolpix   vfat   noauto,umask=000   0   0

Create the mount point that fstab will use:
# mkdir /etc/coolpix

Then mount the drive, you should have access to your images:
$ mount /dev/sda1
or
$ mount -a

The drive needs to be unmounted before turning it the camera off and
unplugging it (I believe there is a risk of disk data corruption
otherwise).

Sorry, can't help with using the camera remotely or sending the images to TV
output.

Steve


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Nikon Coolpix 990 USB with kernels 2.6.X

2004-09-15 Thread Alan E. Davis
Can someone correspond about how to use photopc and xphoto (no debian package I think) 
to communicate with this camera over USB?  

Somewhere along the line, a package is mentioned that would set the permissions for 
the usb devices in /proc/bus/usb/, but that package isn't any longer available either 
as a package, or, apparently, on an independent site that was referred to "somewhere." 
 The package was called "usb-permissions".

Any, can this camera be used and controlled remotely from a debian box with output 
over the TV, pictures taken and camera focused through the above named packages?  Is 
it necessary to use kernels 2.4.X?

Thank you very much, in advance, for any advice,

Alan Davis
Science Department
Kagman High School
Saipan, MP  96950
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