Canon Powershot SX230

Hi,

I’m trying to connect my Canon Powershot SX230 to my openSUSE box via USB. Running openSUSE 12.1 x86_64.
Unfortunately, nothing happens. /var/log/messages, dmesg, lsusb none of them show any change whatsoever, when I connect the cam. The camera itself displays ‘Fehler in der Verbindung’ on the screen which translates to ‘Error in connection’. (Sorry, it’s set to German.)

The same USB port and cable work just fine with my external HD.

I don’t have it accessible anymore, but I’m pretty sure this exact cam worked on Ubuntu 10.10 back when I had it.

Any hint were to start? Is there any more fundamental kernel log, than dmesg?

Thanks!