Erylon Hines wrote:
I can't say for sure, since I'm uncertain that the Sony is actually "supported". One of my machines (I have several) that mounts my Olympus
digital has an /etc/fstab line:
In fact, Mdk's 9.1 KDE Control Center > Peripherals > Digital Camera > Add > Select Camera Device - doesn't list Sony DCR-HC85E. I tried to fake it with some other models from the list but it didn't help.
/dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto user, iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0
My other machines have variations of this (/dev/sdb1 /mnt/memory_card) and all seem to mount the camera automatically--but then, the Olympus uses standard USB protocol, so it is known to "just work". Before I got it, I checked some other cameras (not Sony, unfortunately), and some strayed from the USB standard, so mounting them was iffy.
Do you consider that it would be some use if I try to edit /etc/fstab in order to make something similar you have? As I said, after connecting the camera to USB and reboot the system, it reported that a Sony
HandyCam MemoryStick Reader was there but I don't know how to try to mount it.
My 9.2 machines seem to do a better job with mounting the digital than 9.1--I'm never sure under what device it will be mounted when I plug it into 9.1, but it is always in the same place on the 9.2 boxes. Kind of weird. My last suggestion, if all else fails, is to get hold of a Knoppix 3.4 disk and see if you can mount it that way. My experience with Knoppix has been that it is amazingly good at identifying hardware, and if Linux can use it, Knoppix will be able to configure it.
My old computer hardware is almost not capable to change much OS or other software :-) In fact, Mdk 9.1 I have installed with the help of network, because my CDROM device didn't want to run installation CD's :-) I am afraid that I couldn't do much with Knoppix CD, neither to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 at least :-)
Anyway, thanks for help. Seems that I will continue running M$ for using the camcorder :-(
Misko
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