On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:49:28 +1300 Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Nick/List, > > Whilst I agree, even what should be a "standard", isn't. Many still use > proprietary drivers instead of generic USB Mass Storage. We are an > online shop and despite wanting to help Linux users, many times, that > data is just not made available to us by the manufacturer, therefore I > can't even say if a camera WILL/WON'T work with Linux, though I'd like > to. The only way I can test it, is, well, to test it. I do that with > products as I have the time of course. yes i should have made it clearer that what i was saying was a generalisation and each model needs to be checked. as a dealer though you should be able to get the product/vendor id's jason? > > Cheers > > Jason > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >mostly they are usb. look at the usb database at http://www.qbik.ch > > > >It helps to know the vendor and product id. the shop should be able to > >supply this, but i bet they can't. you can try plugging it into a linux > >box with usb enabled and perusing /proc/bus/usb/devices. then get on the > >net and look at the above database. > > > >actually most new ones work fine, they appear as usb-storage, ie another > >hard drive. then u mount it, ususally as msdos filesystem. > > > > > >On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:03:42 +1300 > >Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi all > >> > >>I'm in the market for an basic digital camera, nothing to flash (excuse the > >>pun), maybe 3Mpix <$4-500) > >> > >>Obviously it will need to be Linux compatable, and as I stuffed up recently > >>when I bought my (non-linux supported) Canon i550 printer, I thought this > >>time I would get the good oil first > >> > >>Any suggestions or current bargans would be appreciated > >>-- > >> > >> > >>cheers................dave > >> > >> > >>Reply to: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >> > >>-------------------------------------------- > >>KMail on Davesmachine > >>Linux Mandrake release 9.1 (Bamboo) for i586 > >>Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk i686 / tty4 > >>-------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
