Because, because, because it became an exploit, and that is why we can't have nice things.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:57 AM Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote: > Just thinking of fiddling with DSLR over USB makes me tired - I do not > even try anymore - use card reader - it is faster and trouble free. > > Once upon a time - I owned Fuji camera which presented the card as USB > masstorage. That was joy to use on any device. If I remember correctly, I > could even boot PC for fun from the camera. I keep asking myself why, why, > why,... can't just everybody do that. > > Hope it helps, > Tomas > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 08:22 Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a Canon EOS Rebel T3 digital camera and just purchased a USB cable > > that is supposed to work with this model. When I connect the camera to a > > USB > > port on the desktop /var/log/messages reports: > > > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090432.979576] usb 1-14: new high-speed > > USB device number 60 using xhci_hcd > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187069] usb 1-14: New USB device > > found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=3217, bcdDevice= 0.02 > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187070] usb 1-14: New USB device > > strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187071] usb 1-14: Product: Canon > > Digital Camera > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187072] usb 1-14: Manufacturer: > > Canon Inc. > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 60: > > "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-14" > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 60 was not an MTP device > > Jun 23 08:05:55 salmo kernel: [1090455.623438] usb 1-14: USB disconnect, > > device number 60 > > > > I just learned that MTP is Media Transfer Protocol and apparently > > Slackware-14.2 supports it, recognizes the camera, but cannot > > communicate with it. My web searches for how to use the Canon USB cable > > with > > linux found only one unanswered question from a couple of years ago. > > > > I can always return to removing the SD card and using the card reader > but I > > assumed I could do direct downloads. > > > > Your thoughts and suggestions are solicited. > > > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
