On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:08 AM Marcus Meissner <mar...@jet.franken.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 01:18:20PM +0100, Carly Stone wrote: > > Good afternoon Marcus > > > > Thank you for your prompt reply to my email. I am using KDE because it > > allows me to use certain keys on my keyboard, so my file browser is > > Dolphin. > > > > I can report that prior to installation of gphoto2 etc over the weekend, > > file browsers (I tried Gnome too for a month too) would report a 'camera' > > but not see anything inside. Dolphin now recognises the name of this > camera > > but also hits a timeout error (please see attached). > > > > I believe I have reached a point similar to > > http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html#usb-on-linux-udev > but > > the page is a tad out of date (2006) and I am unable to find the script > > gphoto-set-procperms. I do not have a directory named /usr/libexec/ on > > Debian 9 Stretch so I am unsure how to proceed. > > This is not a permission issue, the access works in your logfile.... > > I think it is just some other progream blocking it. > > Not sure ...can you explicitly umount it from KDE / GNOME and try? > My prior experience with KDE indicates that if you use Dolphin to browse a camera, the only way to get Dolphin to relinquish camera access to other processes (like gPhoto2) is to entirely exit the Dolphin process. As I recall there is no notion of "eject", unlike in Gnome. The KDE developers may have changed this behavior since I last tested it, but it's worth keeping in mind. Damon -- http://www.damonlynch.net
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