Fwd: RE: [Wylug-help] Linux and Sony DSC-U20 Digital Camera

[James Holden]

(forgot to include the list when replying...)

Quoting Darren Watson <darren@coolpink.co.uk>:

> Hi
>
> I tried the commands below.  The kernel correctly loaded the usb-storage
> drivers and when the camera was connected to the usb port is was listed in
> the usb devices file in /proc

Good...

> When I tried to mount the memory stick with mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt I
> got a message saying that the device is not a block device.  How can I find
> out which device I should use?

Not good... you should seem some quite definate stuff in the syslog indicating
that it found a SCSI disk of some capacity. It will tell you which SCSI device
is assigned to it.

> Another strange thing is that when the camera is connected (even after
> running modprobe usb-storage), the messages log says that it hasn't been
> claimed.

Looks like it probably isn't a mass-storage device then.

> Does this mean I'm out of luck or is there anything else I can try?

Quite possibly. What kernel version are you running?

/me ...googles for a bit....

Try this:

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2003-Apr/1137.html

Seemed to work for some chap. He was using 2.4.19 on SuSE.

James


> Many thanks
>
> Darren
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wylug-help-admin@wylug.org.uk
> [mailto:wylug-help-admin@wylug.org.uk]On Behalf Of James Holden
> Sent: 03 June 2003 13:38
> To: darren@coolpink.net
> Cc: Simon.Wood@pace.co.uk; wylug-help@wylug.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [Wylug-help] Linux and Sony DSC-U20 Digital Camera
>
>
> Darren (and Simon, and everyone else)...
>
> Try (as root):
>
> tail -f /var/log/messages &      (so as to see what's going on)
> modprobe usb-storage
>
> The message about not being claimed by any active driver is normal. It just
> means that no module *in memory at this moment in time* wants to deal with
> it.
>
> USB hotplugging is handled by the hotplug scripts. You may not have the
> hotplug
> stuff installed, so look for hotplug*.rpm on your RedHat CD or do an
> "apt-get
> install hotplug" if you're using debian.
>
> To check if you have the hotplug stuff, look in /etc/hotplug for files like
> usb.agent or pci.agent.
>
> The camera will show up as a SCSI drive, sda if you have no other SCSI
> drives.
> You can then do:
>
> mkdir /sonycamera
> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /sonycamera
>
> HTH,
>
> James
>
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Simon Wood <Simon.Wood@pace.co.uk>:
>
> > Hi Darren,
> > The USB device database lists it as supported, as a generic 'usb-storage'
> > device.
> > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=1900
> >
> > You may have to load the appropriate modules and mount the '/dev/sda1'
> drive
> > to access the pictures.
> >
> > Simon Wood.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Darren Watson [mailto:darren@coolpink.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:50 PM
> > To: Wylug-help@wylug.org.uk
> > Subject: [Wylug-help] Linux and Sony DSC-U20 Digital Camera
> >
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > BlankHi
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience in  using the above with Linux.  I am
> using
> > SuSE 8.1.
> >
> > When I connect the camera the kernel detects the new device, but no driver
> > claims it.
> >
> > Many thanks for any advice.
> >
> > Darren
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