On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 4:10 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 09:58, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I've installed the 2.4.21 kernel, and think that with a bit of help it > > should be possible to get the camera working now. It has been recognised > > as /dev/sdb1 (see fstab attached). Under /mnt I find /camera/dcim - I > > had made a mountpoint 'camera' when trying to get this working before, > > but the 'dcim' is totally new, and, I believe, an attempt to read the > > camera. > > > > >From mount -a I get: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# mount -a > > mount: No medium found > > mount: fs type umask=0 not supported by kernel > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# > > > > Selecting either 'removable' or 'camera/dcim' from a file manager, either > > as root or user, opens as an empty directory, whereas I know there are > > images. > > > > It has the feel of a permissions problem, but I can't spot it. What am I > > missing? > > > > Anne > > Couple of things I notice. It seems that the mount point is > /mnt/removable not /mnt/camera/dcim
Yes - I haven't figured this out yet. The fstab line was put in by Mandrake and I haven't touched it, yet the mount appears to be under /camera. I guess I need to find out where it is getting this from. > second is the reference to kudzu. > Since kudzu is long gone from MDK this might be hanging it up. > Again, I did not put this in, Mandrake did. This is the new kernel, installed with 9.0. > Another thing... someone correct me please if I'm wrong shouldn't it be > fs=auto instead of just auto? Finally not sure what the exec at the end > does for you. It's supposed to allow for the execution of binaries but > since this doesn't have binaries I'm not sure how it will help. > I'm reluctant to mess with a line that Mandrake put in until I know exactly why I'm doing it. > End result. > > > /dev/sdb1 /mnt/removable fs=auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0 0 0 > > > James I appreciate your thoughts, James. There's something very puzzling here. I feel that I am within a hair's breadth of getting it working, but just can't spot the last link. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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