well it depends what kernel you are running, that is an old article about an old kernel. the device id's are certainly in recent 2.6 series. I looked.
On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 16:13, Douglas Royds wrote: > Thanks Nick. > > There's an article in there about getting things going with the P8: > > <quote> > DSCP8 works ok with Slackware 9.0 and kernel 2.4.20. I could sucessfully > recognize a sony model DSCp8 as sda1 mouting it as a scsi removabledisk > in /mnt/camera. But it was not very easy, it was necessary to reconpile > the module usb-storage.o The steps I took are: 1. edit the file > /usr/src/linux/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h 2. find the line: > UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x054c, 0x0010, 0x0106, 0x0422, Sony, DSC > S30/S70/S75/505V/F505/F707 3. change the last entry 0x422 to 0x450 note > that this correction worked for this kernel version, but may not work > for other versions and distros, in older versions the same entry was > changed from 0x210 to 0x322. 4. Recompile and install the module. > </quote> > > This might explain why I was unable to mount the P8 as mass storage. > I'll take another look, and report back. > > Douglas. > > Nick Rout wrote: > > or look at the usb device database at http://www.qbik.ch , which seems > > to confirm it will work as a usb-storage device, in other words like a > > plugin usb flash drive. > > > > > > " > > On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:06:57 +1300 > > Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I cheerfully plugged my sister-in-law's DSC-P8 > >>(http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022405sonyp8p10.asp) into my box, > >>confidently expecting to download snaps the way I do from my own Canon S45. > >> > >>I have since discovered that the P8 is not supported > >>(http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php), which seems a bit of an > >>oversight. > >> > >>What to do? > >> > >>======================================================================= > >>This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > >>addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > >>the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > >>lost by reason of this transmission. > >>If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > >>apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > >>other act on the email. > >>Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > >> altered or corrupted during transmission. > >>======================================================================= > > > > > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= >
