On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 16:54 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 13:50 -0800, Chuk Goodin wrote: > > > >>On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:39:02 -0500, Roberto Sanchez > >> > >> > >>>Downloading pictures from a digital camera is much easier than in > >>>Windows. To start with, there is no need to install extra software. > >>>You simply plug in your camera and if it is recognized (by a program > >>>like gPhoto), it will Just Work(TM) and you will be able to copy > >>>directly to and from the camera just as though it were any other mass > >>>storage device attached to your machine. > >> > >>That's exactly how it works on my XP machine, actually. > > > > > > It's especially easy in GNOME 2.8. Don't know how easy/difficult > > it is in KDE. > > > > In GNOME, you must install gnome-volume-manager gnome-media & gthumb > > ((which will all pull in various other packages, like "hal" & > > libgphoto2-2). > > > > The, when you plug in the camera's USB cable and turn it on, if > > (gphoto+hotplug)?? can negotiate with it using PTP or usb-storage, > > a dialog box pops up asking if you want to import images off the > > camera. > > > > I know nothing about digital cameras. My daughter suddenly shows up with > one and I google for the brand (I forget it now) and the site shows only > XP info, I tell her: no support for your camera. > > Was I wrong? You mean I plug it in anyway and it might work? Yes, *if* the correct packages and kernel modules are installed. http://www.gphoto.org/ http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html <<<<<<<<<<<< And, even if you can't make it work with a direct USB attachment, buy a cheap multi-card flash reader and xfer the images that way. It's guaranteed to work. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "As I like to joke, I may have invented it, but Microsoft made it popular" David Bradley, regarding Ctrl-Alt-Del
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