Hi, I have a Dimage 7. I got it working after a little tweak to the usb-mass-storage driver. You can check out the changes I had to make to the driver at the linux-usb website (search for Dimage 7).
I think all the three dimage cameras from Minolta (Dimage 5, 7 and S304 and possibly later models) use identical usb firmware. And except for the USB vendor/device ID, the same patch should work. All you need to do is connect your camera to the linux box (I used RH 7.2) and initiate the USB session from the camera. It should show up in your /proc/bus/usb/devices. Get a dump of the file and find out the USB vendor/device IDs from the dump. Just substitute them in the usb-mass storage driver (file unusual_devs.h, you need to make an extra entry for your camera. Copy the S304 or Dimage 7 entries and modify). Compile the new kernel with USB and SCSI emulation support, and install it. Now you should be able to mount your camera using /dev/sda0 or /dev/sdb0 (depending on your system and presence of any other scsi/usb-storage devices). Hope this helps. Regards, Kedar. > Message: 8 > From: "Reys, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:11:54 -0500 > Subject: [Linux-usb-users] Minolta Dimage5 Camera > > Hi, > > > I recently bought a Minolta Camera which connects via USB. I > have been able > to download pictures with W2K, but I'd like to be able to do > the same with > linux. > When connecting to W2K I see that it is recognised as being a > Mass Storage > Device, a new drive is created and when looking at the > properties it is a > FAT system. So I started downloading information about the Linux USB > sub-system, and how to get everything working. I followed the > instructions > (knowing that this is still experimental), but did not manage > to get it > working, including a "hanging" system. > > Via linux-usb.org I visited the > one-eyed-alien.net/~mdharm/linux-usb/ page. > I see that my device is not listed in the working devices, I > also see that > nobody has been testing this device. I'd like to cooperate, > am not afraid of > a "hanging" system and know some C. > I have also installed the sniffusb on W2K so we can have a > look at what's > going on there. > > If somebody can give me hints on what to do to reduce the > time to add this > camera to the list of working devices... let me know. > > Mike Reys > > The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got > it made. > -- Jean Giraudoux > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > > > End of Linux-usb-users Digest > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
