Er... Just in case you go ahead to try a 2.6 kernel on your slack, go for 2.6.5
There are some reports of troubles with usb storage on 2.6.7
onwards... 2.6.5 seems to work just fine!
Good day,
Anshul
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 07:27:25 +0530, Anshul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey Sumeet,
>
> What kernel are you using on that slack? The slack 10 kernel is
> kind of old... I could get things like my tv tuner and a usb webcam
> to work on slack quite effortlessly after compiling a kernel.org 2.6.9
> kernel. Btw, slack is planning to do a 10.1 release. I hope it
> comes around soon and that Patrick decides on a 2.6 kernel!
> I think its that 2.6 kernel that made Fedora/Suse/Mandrake work
> flawlessly with your cam... Just my 4 annas..
>
> Anshul
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:20:17 +0530, Sumeet Madhukar Moghe
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I bought the camera(Sony DS-P150 - 7.2 MP), I mentioned a few days back. I
> > havent had a problem running it on either of my desktops, which run
> > Fedora/Suse/Mandrake. It runs flawlessly under both modes... USB Mass
> > Storage
> > and PTP. I faced some issues though, while getting it to work with
> > Slackware,
> > which runs my notebook. I wasnt planning to use gphoto2, which in any case
> > doesnt ship with Slackware. I started off to use USB mass storage. But I
> > faced a problem right away
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su
> > Password:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/sumeet# mount /dev/sda1 -t vfat /mnt/camera
> > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
> >
> > I did have all the necessary modules loaded, so I didnt see a reason why it
> > shouldnt work.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/sumeet# lsmod
> > Module Size Used by Not tainted
> > uhci 25852 0 (unused)
> > sd_mod 11180 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > 8139too 15400 1
> > mii 2400 0 [8139too]
> > crc32 2880 0 [8139too]
> > i810_audio 24796 0
> > ac97_codec 13652 0 [i810_audio]
> > soundcore 3652 2 [i810_audio]
> > ds 6932 1
> > yenta_socket 10880 1
> > pcmcia_core 42788 0 [ds yenta_socket]
> > ide-scsi 10288 0
> > evdev 4576 0 (unused)
> > input 3328 0 [evdev]
> > usb-storage 70048 0 (unused)
> > usbcore 62956 0 [uhci usb-storage]
> > scsi_mod 58264 2 [sd_mod ide-scsi usb-storage]
> > agpgart 46628 0 (unused)
> >
> > I then downloaded gphoto2 and digikam, but that didnt work either. In fact I
> > had my hotplug system messed up, cos /proc/bus/usb/devices didnt exist. I
> > solved this part with a "mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb". I made an
> > appropriate entry in /etc/fstab for the same. But even then
> > /var/log/messages
> > doesnt report the usb-storage driver or scsi_mod seeing the camera. Also a
> > #cat /proc/scsi/scsi gives
> > Attached devices: none
> >
> > While digikam was autodetecting the camera in PTP mode, it failed to
> > connect/download from the camera. I solved this problem with a minor tweak:
> > a) Added the following lines to /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap
> > # usb module match_flags idVendor idProduct bcdDevice_lo
> > bcdDevice_hi
> > bDeviceClass bDeviceSubClass bDeviceProtocol bInterfaceClass
> > bInterfaceSubClass bInterfaceProtocol driver_info
> > # USB PTP Class Camera
> > usbcam 0x0080 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
> > 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
> > 0x00 0x00000000
> >
> > b)Next I hand created the script /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam to read thus
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ] && [ -f "${DEVICE}" ]
> > then
> > chmod a+rw "${DEVICE}"
> > fi
> >
> > a chmod u+x /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam finished the job. I am now able to use a
> > digikam+gphoto2 combo to access the camera through PTP. However PTP isnt
> > really my first choice as it drains the batteries very fast as Siddhartha-da
> > indicated. I still want to use USB Mass Storage, and I happen to be facing
> > issues with that. Everytime I try to do a
> > # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera
> >
> > I get "mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device". I think I am at a dead
> > end here, because "tail -f /var/log/messages" doesnt show the camera being
> > claimed by the usb-storage driver. OTOH /proc/bus/usb/devices does display
> > the device when plugged in via Mass Storage mode. Any hints??
> >
> > --
> > /Sumeet
> > PS : I am sorry if some members who are on other lists have got sick of
> > looking at this problem every other day, having recieved multiple versions
> > of
> > this post/problem.
> >
> > Sumeet Madhukar Moghe http://smith-morgan.mirrorz.com
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