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Thread ID: 37073	2003-08-28 01:06:00	Sony Digital Cameras on Linux MDK 9.1	penz (3104)	Press F1

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171082	2003-08-28 01:06:00	Hi, I have a Sony Cybershot DSCP52 and would like to access the photos with Linux. I currently only have 1 use wor Windows and that is to download my photos from the camera. I have found various articles on the net about re-compiling kernels etc but none of is in laymans terms. Apparantly it can be mounted as a SCSI device?? Can someone either point me to a resource, or even better tell me how to set it up. Thanks	penz (3104)
171083	2003-08-28 02:08:00	> Hi, > > I have a Sony Cybershot DSCP52 and would like to > access the photos with Linux. > I currently only have 1 use wor Windows and that is > to download my photos from the camera. I have found > various articles on the net about re-compiling > kernels etc but none of is in laymans terms. > Apparantly it can be mounted as a SCSI device?? > > Can someone either point me to a resource, or even > better tell me how to set it up. I don't think I can be of much help other than just to say that when I plugged a Sony Cybershot (don't remember which model) in to Mandrake 9.1 (via USB), Mandrake automatically detected it and mounted it as a new drive, from which I copied my photos over to my HDD. Mike.	Mike (15)
171084	2003-08-28 03:53:00	The other way which will save a lot of messing about if Mike's suggestion doesn't work, is to have a look at your /windows directory in Linux. Just browse through it and the files you have produced in Windows will be there. :D The only thing which might get in the way is an NTFS partition holding Windows, but you should be able to add the NTFS module to access it. It's not Mandrake which is concerned in handling things like cameras, it's sane (or xsane). The Gimp uses sane to handle input devices. (I've only glanced at the documentation for this, but my impression is that compiling Gimp is to get a bit more speed; it's not essential.)	Graham L (2)
171085	2003-08-28 05:06:00	It should be fine of it uses the mass-storage driver (and its USB). I've used a nikon & samsung this way and it worked perfectly. Mandrake loaded the correct drives automagically, and setup a mount point. The only problem was the icon didn't appear on the desktop immediatly (it shows up as a harddrive). But it was accessable under /mnt/sda. If its not working, log in as root and open /var/log/messages in a text editor. At the bottom it will tell you what the kernel found and what it tried to do.	bmason (508)
171086	2003-08-28 05:18:00	<It should be fine of it uses the mass-storage driver (and its USB). > Yes it is USB. <But it was accessable under /mnt/sda. > Did mandrake create the sda directory and point it to where the device was mounted automatically? I connected the device, Checked in Harddrake and it was detected but not configured or something I'll check if /mnt/sda exists and if it is accessable tonight.	penz (3104)
171087	2003-08-28 05:30:00	> <But it was accessable under /mnt/sda. > > Did mandrake create the sda directory and point it to > where the device was mounted automatically? I think I had to mount it my self, but it created the /etc/fstab entry. May not have been called /mnt/sda, but it was something similar.	bmason (508)
171088	2003-08-28 09:16:00	You will need to make a directory called (say) /mnt/USB. Then you can mount the camera with: mount /mnt/USB /dev/sda1. Entry in my /etc/fstab for a camera and pendrive is like this: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/USB1 auto noauto,owner 0 0 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/USB2 auto noauto,owner 0 0 My emulated USB drives start at sdb since I have a parallel Zip at sda4. Once you have an entry in the fstab file you can right click your desktiop to mount the drive.	JohnD (509)
171089	2003-08-28 12:01:00	Thanks JohnD, I don't have a /dev/sdxx device to mount as /mnt/USB. It appears I have no SCSI devices loaded at all, which I think is the problem. Once I get it working manually I will add it to fstab as you suggested. Regards	penz (3104)
171090	2003-08-28 12:45:00	Here's a line of outpput from dmesg: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 12 usb.c: USB device 12 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x10) is not claimed by any active driver. Suggests the device has been detected but doesn't know what to do with it?	penz (3104)
171091	2003-08-29 03:44:00	If its doesn't use mass-storage then hopefully it uses PTP . If you have a look under the KDE control center -> peripherals -> digital camera . You can try adding it through there . There is a "Sony DSC-P5" in the list .	bmason (508)
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