Re: gphoto2 fails to operate on Debian 12
Bernard (HE12025-08-05):
> Thanks to everyone for your replies. I tested everything : cable, usb port
> etc... with no results. In the end, I had the idea to remove gphoto2 and
> re-install. No success at all. Next, I did again remove gphoto2 as well as
> libgphoto2-6... and I re-installed both... Then, gphoto2 did work again !!
> (just as previously, that is, it only works after 2 or 3 dead trials, the
> dead times gphoto2 reckognize the camera but gphoto2 -L fails to work)...
>
> But then, ever since I de-installed and re-installed libgphoto2-6, my old
> scanner is no longer reckognized !! (EpsonScan V500). I tried to re-install
> the scanner with no success... I saw comments on the web about this old
> Epson scanner : users encounter problems with it on recent Debian
> distros... therefore most of them have now opted for "VueScan", which works
> well, but the licence costs $30 a year !
Your problem is almost certainly here:
$ apt-file show libgphoto2-6 | grep udev/rules
libgphoto2-6: /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libgphoto2-6.rules
Try to hide that file from the system, reload the rules and
unplug/replug both devices and see if it changes something.
Regards,
--
Nicolas George
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