Re: [RESOLVED] Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

Jeff D wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, andy wrote:
>
>> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> I don't have a card reader, but it sounds like that may not be such
>>>> a bad
>>>> thing to get, except that it is probably more hassle to eject the
>>>> SD card
>>>> and reload it into a reader and run the risk of damaging it from
>>>> frequent handling.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Contrary to HS I haven't found the card reader to be noticeably
>>> faster, but
>>> it does have the advantage of working even when the camera doesn't
>>> (e.g. when the battery is empty). Also of course it uses the UMS
>>> (Universal
>>> Mass Storage) protocol which is very well supported under GNU/Linux.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I think that my immediate concerns are now sorted - I can successfully
>>>> retrieve images taken. The less pressing issue, but one that will
>>>> bug me, is
>>>> the difference between the 2 cameras on one hand and the the
>>>> difference
>>>> between the 2 machines on the other hand.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Regarding the difference between the two cameras I'd simply look at the
>>> protocol they use: most likely the Sony machine uses UMS whereas
>>> your Canon
>>> uses PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) which is more recent and less
>>> well supported. You may also be able to change your Canon's config to
>>> use UMS.
>>>
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Stefan
>>
>> Thanks for your ideas. I suspect that you are probably right in your
>> assessment of the protocols the different devices use: the Sony
>> registers as a storage device while the Canon is registered as a
>> camera. While this doesn't answer the issue of why on my partner's
>> Etch machine running KDE the icon pops up on her desktop ready to be
>> transferred from but not on my Lenny machine, the matter is now more
>> than workable with the help of the good folk here and the digikam
>> application. For the rest of it, I'll have to file that under that
>> ever-expanding title of WTF? ;-)
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> --
>
> I'm coming into this late, so I'm not sure if this has been mentioned
> or not. But check to see if usbmount is installed. That allows me to
> plug in usb drives and mount them.
>
> hth,
> jeff
>
> -+-
> 8 out of 10 Owners who Expressed a Preference said Their Cats
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>
>

Thanks Jeff

Nope, unfortunately usbmount doesn't help.

Cheers for the suggestion though, it was worth a try

A

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