Re: Digicams and Debian/Linux
on Sat, 14 Dec 2002 03:37:46PM -0500, Hubert Chan insinuated:
> >>>>> "Bruno" == Bruno Diniz de Paula <diniz@cs.rutgers.edu> writes:
>
> Bruno> Hi all, I have just purchased a digicam (Sony DSC-P7) and I was
> Bruno> trying to download the pictures from the camera to my box (Debian
> Bruno> sid). When I plug the camera into some of the USB ports, the
> Bruno> usbmgr detects the device and the Sony is listed when running
> Bruno> lsusb. After doing some googling, I haven't succeded in finding a
> Bruno> package or some way to mount the memory card at the camera or to
> Bruno> read the pictures after the device was detected by usbmgr. Does
> Bruno> some of you know if there is a package in Debian that helps
> Bruno> working around this stuff or if there is another better solution?
>
> The package you want is gphoto2 and/or gtkam (gtkam is a GTK
> frontend to gphoto2). Unfortunately, it doesn't list the DSC-P7 as
> a supported camera, but it lists several other Sony models, so
> there's a chance that it will work.
>
> There are Debian packages for both in Woody. There are some
> permissions issues that you'll need to solve, so read the docs. In
> particular, /usr/share/doc/libgphoto2-2/README.Debian. (That's for
> unstable. The path is probably different for stable.)
you might also want to check the version in unstable or testing,
which, iirc, is more current and supports more cameras than the one in
woody.
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