I have Toshiba PDR-M5 Digital camera that uses SmartMedia with USB/Serial port and it works fine ! You just have to start the USB daemon (as root) by "/etc/rc.d/init.d/usb start', then mount the '/dev/tty1' to some directory (i did it with '/mnt/digitalcam'), and thats it !! you just go to '/mnt/digitalcam' and copy all your images like from regular diskette !!! Very simple and easy. Michael Spivak -----Original Message----- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 6:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Digital Camera use with Linux Have you checked out www.gphoto.org Gphoto is software to handle digital cameras in Linux. They have a catalogue of 103 supported cameras. Mine is not on the list.. Doh Derek On Tuesday 25 September 2001 01:55, you wrote: > Hello group: > > In pursuit of making windows a distant memory, I am working towards trying > to make sure all my hardware is Linux compliant. Unfortunately windows > still lives here as my proficiency with Linux is still lacking. I am > considering purchasing an Olympus digital camera that uses smart media > cards and is apparently designed to be used with USB interface. I'm hoping > the group can save me considerable time and possibly a lot of money by > helping me avoid hardware that is questionable or absolutely doesn't work > with Linux as well as the best software program available. Currently > running 2 boxes one with Mandrake 8.0 and one with Redhat 7.1. As soon as > Mandrake releases 8.1 to the local stores I will own Mandrake 8.1 Powerpack > Both have USB working in Linux for printers at this point. Is the USB > interface to downloading from digital cameras doable or am I better off to > stay with the older serial transfer interface. I'm open to suggestions and > am willing to spend approximately $300. I admit that I have not researched > this much yet. However I am under pressure from my job to get this camera > working in the very near future and don't have allot of time to look > everything over as thoroughly as I would like. Your experiences and > thoughts will be appreciated. > > Thanks Tazmun ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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