On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:29:53AM -0700, John Weber wrote: > 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. > I think any of the various card readers out there will work. Apparently there are only two or three chipsets that they use and support is there for all of them. I just went into my local computer shop, grabbed one of the cheaper ones and plugged it in. Then I just had to: /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci /sbin/modprobe usb-storage mount -t vfat /dev/sdd1 /mnt/flash (check /var/log/messages after loading the above two modules to see which device your reader shows up as) and I could access the pix any way I liked. Cheap and easy and no serial cables to worry about. -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@shaw.ca -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
