USB Camera

[david walcroft]

My usb connection to FC6 is not being detected automatically,
What do I do to check where my problem is.

Thanks  david

[Andy Green]

david walcroft wrote:
> My usb connection to FC6 is not being detected automatically,
> What do I do to check where my problem is.

First job if nothing is happening is to find out the USB ID of your 
camera and google on it with "Linux" in the search.

If you do

tail -f /var/log/messages

and plug the camera in, look for something with the USB vendor:product 
ID in hex, eg, 0ABC:1234 mentioned.

Some webcams are supported by Fedora but most need an out-of-tree driver.

-Andy

[david walcroft]

Andy Green wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
> > My usb connection to FC6 is not being detected automatically,
> > What do I do to check where my problem is.
>
> First job if nothing is happening is to find out the USB ID of your 
> camera and google on it with "Linux" in the search.
>
> If you do
>
> tail -f /var/log/messages
>
> and plug the camera in, look for something with the USB vendor:product 
> ID in hex, eg, 0ABC:1234 mentioned.
>
> Some webcams are supported by Fedora but most need an out-of-tree driver.
>
> -Andy

It seems the camera is detected but what device is used to connect to 
KDE graphics [Picasa etc] and to bring it up automaticaly.

[david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device 
using ohci_hcd and address 6
Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 
choice
Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass 
Storage devices
Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access 
FUJIFILM USB-DRIVEUNIT    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable 
disk sda
Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 
type 0

Thanks  david

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 02 April 2007, david walcroft wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
> > david walcroft wrote:
> > > My usb connection to FC6 is not being detected automatically,
> > > What do I do to check where my problem is.
> >
> > First job if nothing is happening is to find out the USB ID of your
> > camera and google on it with "Linux" in the search.
> >
> > If you do
> >
> > tail -f /var/log/messages
> >
> > and plug the camera in, look for something with the USB vendor:product
> > ID in hex, eg, 0ABC:1234 mentioned.
> >
> > Some webcams are supported by Fedora but most need an out-of-tree
> > driver.
> >
> > -Andy
>
> It seems the camera is detected but what device is used to connect to
> KDE graphics [Picasa etc] and to bring it up automaticaly.
>
> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
>
> Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device
> using ohci_hcd and address 6
> Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access
> FUJIFILM USB-DRIVEUNIT    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable
> disk sda
> Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0
> type 0
>
> Thanks  david

Your first item about the Picasa I don't know about.  But that camera is 
in all probability, a usb storage device, in other words,

modprobe usb_storage, then
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/camera

and you should then be able to inspect the contents of the memory in the 
camera just as if it was a real msdos or similar clone fat file system.

One caveat though, if moving pictures from the camera to the computers 
hard drive, and since this is a fat system complete with the fat systems 
bugs, always start at the bottom of the listing.  If you start from the 
top, you may run into one of msdos's nastier bugs and lose all the 
pictures after the first 8 you just moved.  Been there, done that, lost 
the rest of the wedding shots, and had to format the card, which had gone 
read-only.

[Tim]

On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 21:18 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> One caveat though, if moving pictures from the camera to the computers 
> hard drive, and since this is a fat system complete with the fat systems 
> bugs, always start at the bottom of the listing.  If you start from the 
> top, you may run into one of msdos's nastier bugs and lose all the 
> pictures after the first 8 you just moved.  Been there, done that, lost 
> the rest of the wedding shots, and had to format the card, which had gone 
> read-only.

For reasons like that, I just *copy* pictures from camera cards.  I
re-format or erase pictures using the camera.  Also, re-formatting
outside of the camera *can* leave you with a card that the camera
doesn't know what to do with, and you need to format it again on the
camera.

I wonder whether the issue you particually mention still exists?  A
multi-gig card couldn't be formatted with MS-DOS, it'd have to be one of
the later file systems.

[Mikkel]

david walcroft wrote:
> It seems the camera is detected but what device is used to connect to
> KDE graphics [Picasa etc] and to bring it up automaticaly.
>
> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
>
> Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device
> using ohci_hcd and address 6
> Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access FUJIFILM
> USB-DRIVEUNIT    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable
> disk sda
> Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0
> type 0

Check your desktop and see if you have a new icon that is the
camera. From the log, it is being treated as a USB storage device.
If this is the case, you can copy the pictures off the camera just
as if it were a thumb drive. (Safer to copy all the pictures, and
then delete them after the copy is done...)

I am not sure where the settings are for the KDE desktop, but you
can set how USB storage devices are handled. You can also set how
Cameras that look like USB storage devices are handled - I have not
looked into how the system tells the difference, but it does think
one of my SD cards has pictures on it...

Mikkel

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 03 April 2007, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
> > It seems the camera is detected but what device is used to connect to
> > KDE graphics [Picasa etc] and to bring it up automaticaly.
> >
> > [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
> >
> > Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device
> > using ohci_hcd and address 6
> > Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> > choice
> > Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> > Storage devices
> > Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access FUJIFILM
> > USB-DRIVEUNIT    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> > Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable
> > disk sda
> > Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0
> > type 0
>
> Check your desktop and see if you have a new icon that is the
> camera. From the log, it is being treated as a USB storage device.
> If this is the case, you can copy the pictures off the camera just
> as if it were a thumb drive. (Safer to copy all the pictures, and
> then delete them after the copy is done...)
>
> I am not sure where the settings are for the KDE desktop, but you
> can set how USB storage devices are handled. You can also set how
> Cameras that look like USB storage devices are handled - I have not
> looked into how the system tells the difference, but it does think
> one of my SD cards has pictures on it...

In kde, try kcontrol > Peripherals > Digital Camera

Anne

[Mikkel]

david walcroft wrote:
> My usb connection to FC6 is not being detected automatically,
> What do I do to check where my problem is.

The first step is to look in /var/log/messages to see what it says
about your camera. There should be several messages, starting with
one about a new USB device detected. Also keep in mind that some
cameras are only accessible by running a program like gigiKam. It
depends on weather the camera uses one of the standard protocols...

Mikkel

USB Camera [SOLVED]

[david walcroft]

david walcroft wrote:
> My usb connection to FC6 is not being detected automatically,
> What do I do to check where my problem is.
>
> Thanks  david

I have got the camera up running thanks to everyone.I had to create a 
block device for sda1,then /media/camera,mounted the camera downloaded 
the photo's and viewed with picasa.

Thanks to all    david