Can't import pictures from Camera
Patrick O'Callaghan
pocallaghan at gmail.com
Mon Jul 7 12:46:19 UTC 2008
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 13:30 +0100, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> >>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Patrick> On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 12:50 +0100, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> >> This was working until yesterday.
> >>
> >> Now I if I try get:
> >>
> >> An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the
> >> device'). Camera is already in use.
> >>
> >> The latter is certainly not true. And it will work ok on my
> >> MacBook Air. But obviously I prefer to use Linux.
> >>
> >> Any clues? The camera is a Nikon D300.
>
> Patrick> You don't say what application you are using to access
> Patrick> the camera.
>
> It doesn't make any difference.
>
> I've tried both gThumbImageViewer anf Fspot.
Cameras can be accessed in two different ways, either as a hard disk
image, or using a built-in protocol (manufacturer-defined). Do both of
these fail? Have you tried digikam? Is the camera connected via USB or
Firewire? If USB, have you recently updated the libusb package (say
within the last week or so)?
poc
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