Bernard's camera definitely works with gphoto At least i think it was his camera that I transferred files from to my laptop at CLUG one evening.
Barnard has now been told about three times to run gphoto2 --auto-detect but has not yet done so. On Sat, 06 May 2006 11:13:58 +1200 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bernard, > > Have you got gphoto2 and libgphoto2 installed? > > Is the camera connected via a usb port? > > If the answer to both is 'yes' open a terminal and enter the following 2 > commands.... > > > gphoto2 --auto-detect > > This will tell you whether the camera is detected. If so try the next cmd... > > gphoto2 --list-files > > This will list the directory structure of the camera memory card and any > filenames. > > If filenames are shown enter the following to download the 1st image to > your current directory.... > > gphoto2 -p "1" --filename > > If any fail, post the messages. If all 3 cmds succeed alter the "1" to > another number to d/l another img or (eg) 1-4 to d/l the 1st 4 imgs > > Barry > ----------------------- > > > Robert Fisher wrote: > > Bernard lives in Burwood not far from the hospital. If anyone is nearby I > > think it > > would be better than attacking this via the list. > > > > I do not have time at the moment but just after I installed Mepis for him > > on Monday > > we opened Digikam and it did see the camera but I did not have time to see > > it > > through to a working conclusion. (I also have very little experince with > > cameras > > and Linux - I use mine as a USB mass storage device) > > > > Rob > > > > On Fri May 5 16:49 , Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > > > > >>Could I get some pointers on how to get Mepis to see my camera and download > >>the images? > >> > >>Ta > >> > >>Bernard > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release Date: 5/4/2006 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
