On Thursday 15 April 2004 08:33 am, steef wrote: > H. S. wrote: > > Apparently, _Mike Chandler_, on 04/15/04 10:09,typed: > >> 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. > > > > I am running testing too (2.4.24-1-868), but I have gphoto2, not > > gphoto, and I can grab pictures from a Canon A300 quite easily: > > $> dpkg -l gphoto2 gtkam > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > > > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > > > > uppercase=bad) > > > > ||/ Name Version Description > > > > +++-=========-=========-================================================= > >===== > > > > ii gphoto2 2.1.4-2 The gphoto2 digital camera command-line client > > ii gtk 0.1.2-2 GTK+ application for digital still cameras > > > > > > So I guess you should try installing gphoto2 and try again. Should work. > > > > GL, > > ->HS > > try usbmgr and usbview (debian) a try and the gphoto2 lib's > > maybe.... it works it did with me. > > you never know you never can tell... > > g.l. > > steef
Thanks for that, I tried to apt-get usbmgr, but it wanted to uninstall hotplug. I'm not sure thats what I want to do, do I? Here's what I have: gphoto2 libgphoto2 gtkam digikam Now, using digikam I can access the camera as root, but that's it. gtkam won't access it at all. Weird. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
