USB Digital Camera

[dragonbite]

It isn't a Wal-Mart brand camera, but it's a pretty generic cheap-o kid's camera so I fear it is basically the same.

Originally Posted by syampillai

Is it not recognized as a mass storage device also?
Check the following to see what the plug-in architecture is doing:

su
tail -f /var/log/messsages

Now, plug out the USB cable, plug it in again and post the messages.

I'll do this tonight, when I get home.

It doesn't recognize it as any media device. Like when you plug in a USB key drive and it shows up somewhere (desktop, new devices, etc.), it doesn't do that.

Other than #lsusb, I have no indicators that it exists.

[dragonbite]

Here are the results

linux-wn0j:/home/drew # tail -f /var/log/messages
Jun 4 01:38:39 linux-wn0j smartd[3187]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 49 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Jun 4 01:38:39 linux-wn0j smartd[3187]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 166 to 171
Jun 4 01:41:01 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 3766.810119] nscd[2966]: segfault at fded667c ip b80ef195 sp afed4edc error 4 in nscd[b80de000+1e000]
Jun 4 01:41:10 linux-wn0j su: (to root) drew on /dev/pts/0
Jun 4 01:51:05 linux-wn0j dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
Jun 4 01:51:05 linux-wn0j dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
Jun 4 01:51:05 linux-wn0j dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.102 -- renewal in 1585 seconds.
Jun 4 02:08:40 linux-wn0j smartd[3187]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 49 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Jun 4 02:08:40 linux-wn0j smartd[3187]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 171 to 161
Jun 4 02:11:10 linux-wn0j su: (to root) drew on /dev/pts/0
Jun 4 02:12:40 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5665.932079] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Jun 4 02:12:40 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5666.179135] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0979, idProduct=0227
Jun 4 02:12:40 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5666.179150] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jun 4 02:12:40 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5666.179161] usb 3-2: Product: USB 1.1 Device
Jun 4 02:12:40 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5666.179170] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Jeilin
Jun 4 02:12:40 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5666.179512] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun 4 02:13:24 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5709.376143] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Jun 4 02:13:27 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5712.828122] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Jun 4 02:13:27 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5713.089132] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0979, idProduct=0227
Jun 4 02:13:27 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5713.089146] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jun 4 02:13:27 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5713.089158] usb 3-2: Product: USB 1.1 Device
Jun 4 02:13:27 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5713.089167] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Jeilin
Jun 4 02:13:27 linux-wn0j kernel: [ 5713.089501] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[syampillai]

From that log, we can see that it is neither recognized as a mass storage device nor as a camera.
I read some notes at gphoto site about the support of this. But, I can't see it in the supported list. Theodore Kilgore had submitted a patch for this, so you may contact him to get more details.
Details for: Jeilin chipset, actual vendor unknown American Idol keychain camera

[jpff]

Do I have the same problem? OpenSuSE11.1 on x86_64
Camera is canon Ixus 300

As root I can unload camera (in PTP mode) but as me I get the message about being unable to claim the device, whihc sounds like a permission issue. Hal is totally beyond me.... Udev not much better.

On by 10.3 i386 machine (slowly dying) this was no problem.

==John ff

[growbag]

I don't mean to sound rude dragonbite, and I do apologise if that is the case, but expecting cheap peripherals to work under Linux is a bit "if pigs could fly"!

They are usually no-name brand doohickeys and gizmos made by unknown Chinese/Taiwanese manufacturers who have no interest in anything other than making a fast buck.

They really wouldn't even entertain the thought of offering their devices to opensource.

Not that buying a branded product is a sure thing either, but it's more likely to work.

But I'm sure you already know all that .

[jpff]

Not sure if you mean me, but canon is a major manufacturer and it did work on 10.3

If it matters, I am not running gnome nor kde

==John ff

[caf4926]

Originally Posted by jpff

Not sure if you mean me, but canon is a major manufacturer and it did work on 10.3

If it matters, I am not running gnome nor kde

==John ff

Not! Very informative.
Telling us what you are using may help.

Access via a file browser seems a likely option.

[jpff]

I use Linux+X11 with fvwm2 as window manager; GNUemacs for most things...

The problem is permissions in use of gphoto2 to unload the camera. As a normal user I do not have access to the USB device

And as you seem to care about unnecessary details, the gphot02 call is usually started by emacs, but if I run in an xterm it gphoto -L or -P work as root but not as me.

All I want to know is how to set correct USB permissions

==John ff

[growbag]

No jpff, I was talking to dragonbite . But in your case I would download and tryout a later openSUSE KDE-4.3 based liveCD.

There were changes made to the hal stuff that may fix your problem. At least you could then try it without changing your system seeing as you are not running either KDE4 or Gnome.

Plus it could be simply a kernel issue, and the later 6.3x series may fix it. I run openSUSE 11.1 with the 2.6.30 kernel and KDE 4.3, and it is fantastic. Even suspend-to-ram works perfectly for the first time ever .

[jpff]

Hum...could be hard -- no CD drive. And if the LiveCD runs what do I do about it?
I am sure this counts as a bug if one cannot unload cameras.

==John ff