Canon camera unnoticed

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Hi,
I have plugged a Canon IXUS 8015 camera, and nothing appears in the ‘Devices recently plugged in’ applet (KDE 4.1.3, SuSE 11.1)
I know I should browse the web, use google, etc, but I am really tired of googling for every possible thing each time I upgrade my op.system (this camera worked plug-n-play under Ubuntu 7.10; my logitech webcam worked plug-n-play under Ubuntu 7.10, and now it does not; etc etc etc)
This is /var/log/messages:


Jan 15 17:43:49 nbad11 kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Jan 15 17:43:49 nbad11 kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 15 17:43:49 nbad11 kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=3184
Jan 15 17:43:49 nbad11 kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 15 17:43:49 nbad11 kernel: usb 1-2: Product: Canon Digital Camera
Jan 15 17:43:49 nbad11 kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Canon Inc.
Jan 15 17:43:49 nbad11 kernel: usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 7A1B255BD1D940FFB0E0A14A0AF2CFEE
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8015 or 80 IS? There is a 80 IS in Digikam’s tables.

What happens if you go into digikam and add the camera anyway?

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Hi,
Thanks, that was a good hint. It does work in digikam.
However, in Ubuntu it appeared as a storage device (although it is not a usb mass storage device). Clicking on the camera icon, which appeared on the desktop when I plugged in the camera, one could use it in dolphin in the same way as other (usb mass storage) cameras. I liked this approach more, since it handled all cameras and other picture storage devices in the same way. I don’t like to have 1000 different applications for slightly different tasks. I just want to copy pictures.
Does anybody know how to reach this? Was this an ubuntu-specific feature, or just a setup question?
Thanks

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Ubuntu or Kubuntu? If Ubuntu, then you were using GNOME and you should use GNOME under OpenSUSE to compare oranges with oranges.

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sorry, it was kubuntu.

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I think there are some issues with plugin devices under 11.1 at the moment. It ought to briefly appear in the device notifier asking what you want to do.

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Hi,
Notifications are not of primary importance of me, as long as I know what to do myself.
I recalled now that under Kubuntu 7.10 the camera was opened in dolphin via the camera:/ interface in dolphin. So I tried it now, typing camera:/ into the location bar: my camera was listed, but clicking on gave no result, just nothing happened.