On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:22:25 +0200
Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Russell Butler wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have tried my hardest to sort this out, but can't seem to get the hang
> > of it.
> >
> > I have just acquired a Panasonic Camcorder which has an SD flash card
> > for stills, and in theory can download via USB port. I am trying to load
> > to an Acer laptop, currently with 2006-RC2 installed
> > (kernel-2.6.12-12mdk-i686-up-4GB) From what I have read, plugging in
> > the usb cable should bring up a "drive" as /mnt/removable. But it
> > doesn't happen. Certainly on that other so-called operating system, it
> > shows as a "mass-storage device".
> >
> > I started of with 2005-LE with 2.6.11 kernel, then loaded 2.6.12 then
> > tried loading 2006-RC2.
> >
> > Any advice on troubleshooting, please?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> Do you have the following services running ?
> hal
> messagebus
> udev
> And installed : gnome.volume-manager ?
>
> Kaj Haulrich.
And have you tried running harddrake2, as root? If the hardware probe succeeds
you might find the card listed as a disk, sda, sdb, or whatever. You could then
try mounting the partition manually. I have done this all the time for USB
drives,
up to 10.1. But I guess you don't really want to do this. Check Kaj's
suggestions.
--
Len Lawrence
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