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

[Darren Watson]

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

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?

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.

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

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
> --
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wylug-help mailing list
> Wylug-help@wylug.org.uk
> http://list.wylug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wylug-help
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wylug-help mailing list
> Wylug-help@wylug.org.uk
> http://list.wylug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wylug-help
>


--
James Holden, Leeds, United Kingdom
james@microcosmos.co.uk
http://www.microcosmos.co.uk/

-------------------------------------------------
This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/


_______________________________________________
Wylug-help mailing list
Wylug-help@wylug.org.uk
http://list.wylug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wylug-help