On Tuesday 24 October 2006 01:41, H.S. wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> A neighbor came up tonight with a canon powershot A10 in hand that had >> some pix my missus wanted. For my own camera, its a vfat file system >> and all I have to do is mount it, but this camera seems to have a >> different mechanism. When I couldn't mount it, I tried digicam-0.6.2 >> which seemed to recognize the camera, but could not initialize it. >> Then I tried gtkam, which also says the same thing. That left XCam, >> which seemed to be a differently built program for video streams. >> >> Looking up the specs, it claims to be DPOF compliant, whatever that >> defines. >> >> Is there a special driver I need to turn on in the kernel's usb section >> to enable access to this device? I am familiar with building kernels, >> currently running 2.6.19-rc3. > >When you connect that camera, what does dmesg tell you about it? Or what >are the last lines in /var/log/messages about the plugging in event? > >->HS Snipped from messages: When her canon camera was plugged in the first time: ----- Oct 23 21:26:02 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6 Oct 23 21:26:02 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice ----- these are extranious; ----- Oct 23 21:26:17 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.1: reset low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 Oct 23 21:27:06 coyote last message repeated 2 times [...] Oct 23 21:28:56 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.1: reset low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 ----- the above reset messages are best described as rampant, and have been going on now for months, with no ill effects that I know of. ----- Oct 23 21:29:17 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usbfs while 'gtkam' sets config #1 Oct 23 21:29:39 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usbfs while 'gtkam' sets config #1 Oct 23 21:30:04 coyote gconfd (root-9455): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Oct 23 21:30:04 coyote gconfd (root-9455): Exiting Oct 23 21:31:20 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usbfs while 'digikamcameracl' sets config # 1 Oct 23 21:31:54 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, address 6 Oct 23 21:32:02 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 7 Oct 23 21:32:02 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 23 21:32:25 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.1: reset low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 Oct 23 21:32:30 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, address 7 Oct 23 21:32:39 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 8 Oct 23 21:32:39 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 23 21:33:04 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usbfs while 'digikamcameracl' sets config # 1 Oct 23 21:33:29 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, address 8 ----- then I plugged in my camera just to check ----- Oct 23 21:34:42 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 9 Oct 23 21:34:42 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 23 21:34:42 coyote kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access OLYMPUS C-3020ZOOM(U) 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: SCSI device sda: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB) Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: SCSI device sda: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB) Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: sda: sda1 Oct 23 21:34:47 coyote kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Oct 23 21:34:48 coyote scsi.agent[11545]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb3/3-2/3-2.3/3-2.3:1.0/host0/t arget0:0:0/0:0:0:0 Oct 23 21:35:17 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, address 9 Oct 23 21:39:16 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 10 Oct 23 21:39:16 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 23 21:39:16 coyote kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access OLYMPUS C-3020ZOOM(U) 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: SCSI device sda: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB) Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: SCSI device sda: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB) Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: sda: sda1 Oct 23 21:39:21 coyote kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Oct 23 21:39:22 coyote scsi.agent[12098]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb3/3-2/3-2.3/3-2.3:1.0/host1/t arget1:0:0/1:0:0:0 Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): starting (version 2.6.0), pid 12346 user 'root' Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a rea d-only config source at position 0 Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable config sour ce at position 1 Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read -only config source at position 2 Oct 23 21:41:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Oct 23 21:41:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Exiting Oct 23 21:41:33 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, address 10 ---- But its batteries weren't able to run the display, so I disconnected, replaced the batteries and reconnected it. ---- Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): starting (version 2.6.0), pid 12346 user 'root' Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source at position 0 Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1 Oct 23 21:40:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at position 2 Oct 23 21:41:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Oct 23 21:41:22 coyote gconfd (root-12346): Exiting Oct 23 21:41:33 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, address 10 ---- I have NDI what this is all about. Well, maybe. I had mc running, and I had backed out of my camera so I could umount it, but it was umounted by this time. ----- Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 41) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 42) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 43) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 44) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 45) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote 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kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 33) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 34) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 35) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 36) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 37) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 38) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 39) failed Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:41:37 coyote kernel: FAT: Directory bread(block 40) failed ---- Then I plugged her camera back in... ---- Oct 23 21:42:28 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 11 Oct 23 21:42:29 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 23 21:42:54 coyote kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Oct 23 21:43:06 coyote kernel: usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, address 11 ------ At which point I gave up and handed it back to Janet so she could go print them at her place. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.