Looks like a permission problem. Install gphoto2 apt-get install gphoto2 then try as root gphoto2 --autodetect -L If you get a list of pictures in the cam, try the same as a normal user. If it works as root and not as a normal user, read the README.Debian file.
Christophe On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 07:09:33AM -0700, Mike Chandler wrote: > Now, using Debian testing, with kernel 2.4.25-1-386, have installed gphoto, > (and the front end gtkam). > So I run gtkam and it will detect my camera, however there is an error: > > Could not initialize camera. > > If I try and use kde control center >peripherals >digital camera: > > Unable to initialize camera. Check your port settings and camera connectivity > and try again. > > My USB printer/scanner and USB mouse work fine. > I have searched, and searched, and the best I can come up with is USB > permissions, or needing SCSI emulation. > > I know this can work, because it works in Mandrake. > Any ideas are appreciated. > Thanks. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Christophe Barbé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E Cats seem go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. --Joseph Wood Krutch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
