Quoting Mike Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now, using Debian testing, with kernel 2.4.25-1-386, have installed gphoto, > (and the front end gtkam). > So I run gtkam and it will detect my camera, however there is an error: > > Could not initialize camera. > > If I try and use kde control center >peripherals >digital camera: > > Unable to initialize camera. Check your port settings and camera connectivity > > and try again. > > My USB printer/scanner and USB mouse work fine. > I have searched, and searched, and the best I can come up with is USB > permissions, or needing SCSI emulation.
You might be close with this guess. Check what device gphoto wants to use (e.g. /dev/camera or whatever) and make sure you got permissions to that. Do a tail -f /var/log/messages when you try to see whats going on. Manfred
