On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 23:07, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** Reply to message from John Weber <jweber@math.cudenver.edu> on Wed, 13 Nov > 2002 21:55:38 -0700 > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having trouble connecting to my camera which uses the serial port. > > It was working fine under RH7.1 with gphoto through /dev/ttyS0. The new > > camera tool, gtkam, doesn't want to let me use the serial port. When I > > go to Camera->Add Camera I can choose my camera from the list, but then > > the Port selection box is grayed out. If I try to add the serial port > > first by pushing the "enhanced" button and then using the Add option > > next to the Port box and type in /dev/ttyS0, it complains that "Could > > not find a driver for port /dev/ttyS0 (unknown port)" > > > > Has anyone gotten a digital camera to work through a serial port with > > this program? It seems to default to USB and doesn't want to change. > > > > dmesg indicates that ttyS0 and ttyS1 are detected. > > I struggled with dl'ing pix from my digicam through the serial port until I > bought a USB card reader. With the excellent USB subsystem in the latest > kernels, this should be an option for you if you have USB on your PC. It just > makes things so much easier. > > jb > What device did you get? Is this something I take my memory card out of the camera and put it in the card reader? I do have USB and it's working with my scanner OK. The gphoto web site has very little to say about serial port support. Thanks, John -- John S. Weber jweber@math.cudenver.edu http://www.users.qwest.net/~weberjohns -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
