On Fedora 12, 2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686, libusb-0.1.12-22. When I try to connect to my shiny new Canon camera I get in syslog: Dec 12 16:18:57 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 Dec 12 16:18:57 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=31cf Dec 12 16:18:57 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Dec 12 16:18:57 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Canon Digital Camera Dec 12 16:18:57 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Canon Inc. Dec 12 16:18:57 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 12 16:19:27 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 5 Dec 12 16:19:27 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: removing removable location: /root/.gvfs/gphoto2 mount on usb%3A002,005 Dec 12 16:19:27 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: no volume registered at: /root/.gvfs/gphoto2 mount on usb%3A002,005 Dec 12 16:19:27 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: removing removable location: /root/.gvfs/gphoto2 mount on usb%3A002,005 Dec 12 16:19:27 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: no volume registered at: /root/.gvfs/gphoto2 mount on usb%3A002,005 That is what happens when I click open with gphoto in the open camera dialog box. If I don't click anything in the dialog box, I get: Dec 12 16:29:28 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 Dec 12 16:29:29 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=31cf Dec 12 16:29:29 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Dec 12 16:29:29 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Canon Digital Camera Dec 12 16:29:29 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Canon Inc. Dec 12 16:29:29 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 12 16:30:00 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 7 Dec 12 16:30:00 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: mount_removed: assertion `path' failed Dec 12 16:30:00 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: mount_removed: assertion `path' failed So in either case, the camera is disconnected in 30 seconds. If I choose "Open in Folder", it stays up longer, but still dies eventually (here after 9:30 minutes): Dec 12 16:34:44 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8 Dec 12 16:34:44 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=31cf Dec 12 16:34:44 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Dec 12 16:34:44 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Canon Digital Camera Dec 12 16:34:44 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Canon Inc. Dec 12 16:34:44 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 12 16:44:14 daddy kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 8 Dec 12 16:44:14 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: mount_removed: assertion `path' failed Dec 12 16:44:14 daddy gnome-keyring-daemon[1488]: mount_removed: assertion `path' failed What I really want, in addition to staying connected, is for the card in the camera to be mounted in some nice convenient place like /media/camera. But I assume this takes me into the netherworld of udev. sean -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html