Roger,
Thanks for the advice. I've been looking into the recompile issue
further. After looking at four HOWTOs that were to some extent
incompatible with each other, I encountered one that seemed to be more
up to date and appropriate for my system. As as result, I'm a little
more confident.
However, a question or two remains that hopefully are appropriate on
this list.
My basic problem is that my kernel is unable to see my camera when it
is connected, although it can see other USB devices. I assume there is
no driver specific to a camera other than the lib provided by gphoto2,
and so how can the modules work for all USB devices except one?
$ lsmod | grep usb
usb_storage 71840 0
usblp 12768 0
scsi_mod 124168 6 usb_storage,sbp2,sd_mod,libata,
aic79xx,scsi_transport_spi
ide_core 110504 4 usb_storage,ide_cd,amd74xx,generic
usbcore 112644 5 usb_storage,usblp,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
It was suggested I recompile my kernel with the line
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set
changed to, I suppose,
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y
Does this simply provide debug information in kernlog when the kernel
fails to see my camera?
If this reveals that the kernel USB support is buggy, what can I do
about it? If a bug, there might be a patch. How would I know? If such
a patch exists, I suppose I'd simply recompile my kernel with it.
Or I could upgrade the kernel. However, I gather doing so would give
rise to dependency problems. Debian Etch uses kernel 2.6.18, and if I
compile and install, say, 2.6.22 (current stable), won't I experience
such problems?
Haines Brown
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