> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amadeus W.M. > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:03 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: digital camera +gphoto2 > > I have a Canon PowerShot A60 digital camera which in previous releases > used to work with FC without having to do any configuration. > > Specifically, I would connect the camera to the usb port, turn it on, and > gthumb-import would pop up and download the images. > > In F8 (and late FC7) gthumb-import would still pop-up, but I would get > an error like this: > > "An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device')" > etc. > > After a google search I figured I had to generate a file > > /etc/udev/rules.d/90-libgphoto2.rules > > like so: > > cd /usr/lib/libgphoto2/ > > ./print-camera-list udev-rules version 0.98 mode 644 owner root group > users > /etc/udev/rules.d/90-libgphoto2.rules > > > That is, I'm using udev with the camera. Running ./print-camera-list with > no arguments shows I could have produced a fdi file for hal, and perhaps > use that. > > What is the preferred method, udev or hal? Does it matter? And why is it > not enabled by default? I'm surprised I haven't seen other people mention > this. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Here is a thread or two from the Fedora Forums with a workaround for this problem... http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?postid=902419#poststop Bob
