I can confirm that it works for dapper but no more for edgy. It is a permission problem. When i run digikam as root, i can import my photos, but not as a simple user. I ran gphoto to have some debug information, and i get this error :
0.018045 gphoto2-port(2): Opening USB port... 0.018093 gphoto2-port(0): Could not query kernel driver of device. 0.018115 gphoto2-port(0): Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make sure no other program or kernel module (such as sdc2xx, stv680, spca50x) is using the device and you have read/write access to the device. 0.018152 context(0): An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make sure no other program or kernel module (such as sdc2xx, stv680, spca50x) is using the device and you have read/write access to the device. *** Error *** An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make sure no other program or kernel module (such as sdc2xx, stv680, spca50x) is using the device and you have read/write access to the device. *** Error (-53: 'Could not claim the USB device') *** I attach the all output i get with the command : env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug --camera "USB PTP Class Camera" -P 2> error_gphoto ** Attachment added: "Libgphoto_error_permission_problem" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4441638/error_gphoto -- Workaround for USB digital camera photo download problems https://launchpad.net/bugs/6602 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs