Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-19 Thread Patrick R. Wade
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:53:12PM -0800, T. Joseph Carter wrote: Actually, this has got me thinking about how to better handle things like swapping disks, root filesystems on removable CDs, etc. It seems that the -bind mount option and / being completely virtual (ie, in the kernel) would be the

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-19 Thread Ben Barrett
Thank you, Patrick! There are not enough Plan 9 references on this list!! Maybe we could get a Plan 9 presentation... Ben On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:05:59 -0800 Patrick R. Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:53:12PM -0800, T. Joseph Carter wrote: | | Actually, this has

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-19 Thread Patrick R. Wade
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 11:37:28AM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: Thank you, Patrick! There are not enough Plan 9 references on this list!! Maybe we could get a Plan 9 presentation... Might be interesting. I've been having trouble trying to install it on my VAIO - the video drivers do Strange

[eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Larry Price
I just recently aquired a digital camera, after doing a lot of homework and making sure that I had all that I needed to make it work correctly. It's a CASIO EX-s2 and it mounts as a USB Mass storage device (yes I can keep regular files on the camera) It took about 5 minutes to get it configured

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Ben Barrett
IMHO the incentives lie in that company's development department, getting greater (but false) job security by making up their own standards... unless they, like Microsoft, can afford to define their own choices as world standards! BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Bob Miller
Ben Barrett wrote: BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass storage device before unmounting it = ) Does mounting it -o ro help in that respect? -- Bob Miller Kbob kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread Ben Barrett
Oh I appologize. I never said that. Nothing nothing... On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:51:03 -0800 Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ben Barrett wrote: | | ! BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass | ! storage device before unmounting it = ) | | Does mounting it -o ro

Re: [eug-lug]cameras, gphoto2 and USB (standards and lack thereof)

2003-11-18 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 02:51:03PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: BTW, Larry, you forgot to remind folks not to unplug a USB mass storage device before unmounting it = ) Does mounting it -o ro help in that respect? No. Kernels get damned confused when mounted devices disappear. In the case of