On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700 "ben s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has > the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for > linux usage??? USB is definitely the way to go. I have a Casio QV2000UX (2.1 Mpixel, 3 x optical zoom, full auto and manual modes, comes with 8MB CF card, I put a 64MB in it, and it supports IBM microdrive of 340MB. Cost me ~ $300). It works with LM 8.0 without any extra software. I believe any USB camera should work this way. I simply use the mass storage device driver - just do a 'modprobe usb-storage'. Of course you need to have usbcore and usb-uhci loaded, usually done by init. I added the following line to /etc/fstab (I have no SCSI drives) - /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0 and made a node at the mount point /mnt/camera. I plug in the camera, switch it on, and then do a 'mount /mnt/camera' , and I can then read the CF card just like a disk drive, and copy the files I want. It's really slick - and fast. Bob
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