Am Donnerstag, 3. März 2016 schrieb Go Linux:
> On Wed, 3/2/16, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <dr.klepp@???> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [DNG] Digital camera management borked
> To: dng@???
> Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 4:22 PM
>
> Am Mittwoch, 2. März 2016 schrieb Rob:
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [DNG] Digital camera management borked
> > Local Time: March 2, 2016 9:59 pm
> > UTC Time: March 2, 2016 9:59 PM
> > From: Nuisance@???
> > To: dng@???
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [DNG] Digital camera management borked
> > Local Time: March 2, 2016 8:50 pm
> > UTC Time: March 2, 2016 8:50 PM
> > From: golinux@???
> > To: dng@???
> >
> > I am having trouble finding a way to browse thumbnails of the photos on my old canon camera. gtkam couldn't access the camera. I installed my old favorite f-spot from wheezy (apparently not available in jessie), but it couldn't even see the camera. The only way I have been able to access the camera is through the thunar file manager at this address (which is in need of some translation):
> >
> > gphoto2://[usb:003,036]/DCIM/
> >
> > But no image browser can open the jpgs in the folders at that address. Gimp can load only one at a time. It's been frustrating. Thankfully images can be c/p from there.
> >
> > My guess is that lack of support is due to the fact that fewer people are using stand-alone cameras. Any suggestions how to get a browse functionality back on Devuan?
> >
> > golinux
> >
> >
> > Not being funny, have you tried switching the camera off then on again whilst it is connected to your pc. Then Camera/Add camera, auto-detect.
> > I have a canon SX40 that requires this procedure occasionally.
> > Rob
> >
> > *in gtkam*
>
> And maybe the camera has an option in the USB settings for "mass storage".
>
> Nik
>
>
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> Good one! I never thought of that. I don't use the camera often and mostly it is still a mystery to me. If I can find the manuals, I'll look into that. But then it has worked just fine with different apps over the years . . .

As did mine. And then a genius of an udev developer took care of it and made sure that the cameras ID_TYPE changed from "disk" to "generic", so no user but root could use the camera. Now it works again, but ...

Nik


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