[Nottingham] gtkam probs

David Aldred david at familyaldred.org.uk
Mon Jun 20 21:00:23 BST 2005


On Monday 20 June 2005 19:09, Matt Bunter wrote:
> David Aldred wrote:
> >On Sunday 19 June 2005 14:43, Matt Bunter wrote:
> >>gtkam has no trouble finding the camera, or showing the images. When I
> >>try and save the images to a directory I get the following :
> >>
> >>
> >>Problem getting 'IMG_1452.JPG' from folder '/DCIM/114CANON'.
> >>
> >>where IMG_1452.JPG is one of many photos on the camera.
> >>
> >>Pointers anybody?
> >
> >AFAIK all gtkam is doing is copying the file across (I use Digikam,
> > though, which my be different).
> >
> >What happens if you use a console and cp the file from the camera path to
> >where you want it?
>
> There is no DCIM directory when I use a shell (as root).

Ah, right.  Just looked at how Digikam supports the Canon A45 - it doesn't 
treat it as a USB MSS device, so I assume it doesn't mount in the same way. 

Is it worth trying Digikam to see if that can deal with it?  AIUI it uses 
gphoto behind the scenes, so you may not be lucky....


-- 
David Aldred



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