did a little more tracing and found the problem was almost definitely in gvfs-gphoto2
resubmitted bug using ubuntu-bug on the process and marked old as duplicate sorry for any inconvenience caused ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gvfs found in Ubuntu 8.10 (with all the latest updates) can't be tested in 9.04 due to another bug which prevents access altogether camera used is a Canon EOS 10D running in 'Normal' communication (not PTP) bug resides somewhere between nautilus and libgphoto2: when trying to delete files or folders off an attached camera, and error is returned by nautilus saying the the operation is "Not Supported" libgphoto2 supports the deletion of file and folders off of cameras, including the canon EOS 10D the program gThumb is able to delete files off of the very same camera by calling "gp_camera_file_delete" directly through libgphoto2 on the same installation - the use of "gp_camera_file_delete" in gThumb can be found in the source code (2.10.0 form sourceforge) in '/src/dlg-photo-importer.c' on line 1267 + the use of "gp_camera_file_delete" in gThumb can be found in the source code (2.10.0 from sourceforge) in '/src/dlg-photo-importer.c' on line 1267 problem seems to be in process gvfsd-gphoto2 - it's cpu % increases when trying to delete files, and it only appears when the camera is plugged in ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-gphoto2 Package: gvfs-backends 1.0.2-0ubuntu3 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SourcePackage: gvfs Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic x86_64 ** Tags added: gvfs libgphoto2 -- file and folder deletion through libgphoto2 and gvfs 'not supported' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
