Re: USB driver for digital camera?
On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 02:47:06PM -0400, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> My wife just bought me a Polaroid PhotoMAX 640 SE for Fathers' Day, at a
> yard sale. It seems to be complete with everything except the original
> batteries and I am trying to get it working under Linux. It says that
> it is TWAIN compatible and comes with both a USB and a serial adapter.
> I am hoping to use the USB connector.
>
> I am running Sarge and have just installed kernel 2.4.26-1-k7. I have
> had USB running to sync with my HandSpring Visor and I now have the
> usb-storage.o module loading from /etc/modules.
>
> When I plug the camera in and turn it on, however, I get a message
> saying that USB has detected the new device, but that there is no active
> driver for it. Is there a linux driver/kernel module that I need to
> load to use this device?
>
> Any and all help will be appreciated, as I would really like to be able
> to use this camera.
>
> BTW, Polaroid is not manufacturing the camera any more and never
> developed drivers for Linux, or Mac. No wonder it is no longer in
> production!
>
If its twain compatible its probably not acting as a usb-storage device
but more probably using a scanner or webcam interface.
You could try the webcam software such as gphoto2 and friends (depends
on video for linux in the kernel IIRC) or I think there is also a
camera backend for (x)sane.
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