Re: gphoto2 fails to operate on Debian 12

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Bernard wrote:

> Gphoto2 no longer operates on Debian 11 ever since recent update, same 
> problem on other laptop on Debian 12.
>
> gphoto2, for many years, was my tool for downloading image files (RAW, 
> JPG…) from my Canon EOS 600D camera.
>
> When upgrading to Debian 11 about 2 yrs ago, I started to occasionnally 
> encounter Erreur (-53 : « Impossible de communiquer avec le périphérique 
> USB problems using gphoto2 :
>
> $ gphoto2 - -auto-detect still operated OK, but then when typing
>
> $ gphoto2 -L, I got an error message 3 times out of 4 ; I had to 
> unplug/replug the camera and do it again, getting each time a different 
> value for… and in the end gphoto2 -L and other commands got to work OK.
>
> But, now that I got a recent update of my Debian 11, the error message 
> no longer happen 3 times out of 4… but it does happen EVERY TIME !! I 
> don’t know what to do next to download my picture files.
>
> I also have a laptop that used to run an old Ubuntu, on which I recently 
> installed Debian 12, to the same result concerning gphoto2 : it used to 
> work on old Ubuntu, not any more on Debian 12
>
> After having run
>
> $ gphoto2 –auto-detect :
>
> Canon EOS 600D usb : 001,004
>
> $ gphoto2 -L
>
> Erreur (-53 : « Impossible to communicate with périphérique USB
>
> impossible to use interface 0 :
>
> If there is no way to get gphoto2 to operate , would there be another 
> means to operate my Canon EOS on Debian ?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Bernard

  hello,

  i'm not experiencing any errors using gphoto2 for my camera here
and to make sure it hadn't changed recently i just snapped a picture
and loaded it to my PC from my camera.

  i am using Debian testing.

  for what it is worth perhaps try a different cable and USB
port and see if that helps.  it may also be that the connection
in the camera itself is going bad.

  when you plug it into the PC watch the system journal to see
what it is reporting, perhaps something there has changed
somehow.

  does your camera have any Bluetooth or Wifi options?

  these are things i think of, hope something helps.  :)


  songbird