mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera Where /dev/sda1 will be the device unless you have scsi disks or another usb storage device already connected. and /mnt/camera will be the folder.
Caveman On Tue, 11 May 2004 06:26 pm, Silvan wrote: > I've never used USB for anything, even though I've had it for years. I > have no idea how any of this is supposed to work. > > I borrowed a digital camera from Dad. An Olympus some flummy. > > I plugged it in. Hotplug reacted and did something. From there, I > couldn't figure out what to do with it. I googled around, and found some > instructions from 1999, explaining how to mount /dev/something and cd into > the camera. Sorry I'm being vague. I actually did this a couple weeks ago, > and I don't remember the details very well. > > I did ultimately get the pictures out of it no problem, but it was a bit of > a hunt and peck thing. I have a strong feeling that it's supposed to be > easier than this now; that I'm supposed to be able to plug the stupid thing > in and have some magical graphical thing happen. I notice KDE now has (or > maybe always has had) a Peripherals -> Digital Camera. The Olympus some > flummy (750 something) is on the list. However, I don't have the first > clue on earth what to do with this. > > OK... Peripherals -> Digital Camera -> Add. Pick Olympus C 750 UZ. Click > the USB radio button. It says "No further configuration required." > > Fine. OK. Now what? I have a camera icon now. I can't actually test > this at the moment because I don't have the camera. However, I tried this > same process when I did, and I never got it to do anything. Vague. I > know. I guess I'll borrow the camera again and take another crack at it so > I can report more useful findings. My underlying question is: how is this > little icon supposed to know under which directory I want to mount the > camera? I never saw any way to set that up. For that matter, am I going > to have to go through this every time I plug the camera in? The little > icon doesn't seem to be persistent. > > While I'm asking, what about USB joysticks? I've got Mom running Linux > now. We installed a video game emulator and loaded a ROM into it. She was > excited until she saw that she had to move the cursor around with the arrow > keys. (So why not play the Super Nintendo that's in the closet, Mom?) Her > box has i810 audio, and no joystick port. I figure in this day and age I'm > probably supposed to buy her a USB gamepad. I don't have a clue how to set > any of that up, and I feel like asking stupid questions instead of STFWing. > > Anyone want to whack me in the head with a clue? I really don't know the > first thing about USB. Somehow, I've just never needed any of those silly > looking gadgets, but I gather from the 50,000 USB accessories at Wal-Mart > that it's some big thing now. (USB hubs? I have six useless ports on my > computer already. Why do I need more?) > > -- > Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 > http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
