On Thu, 9 Jun 2022, J Leslie Turriff wrote: >On 2022-06-09 13:23:39 The Joneses via tde-users wrote: >> Quoting J Leslie Turriff <jlturriff@xxxxxxxx>: >> > Hi, >> > Does anyone here know how to use DigiKam to download images from a >> > Samsung tablet? After >> > plugging the tablet in via USB cable, the removable media tool pops >> > up with two options: >> > Open in New Window, and Open DigiKam. Selecting Open in New Window >> > does nothing; >> >> I do "Open in New Window". It opens in konqueror. > Not for me. > >> Make sure in the tablet that it connects as "Mass Storage". > How would one do that? (It's not my tablet, but my brother's; I've never had one.) Well, Google informs me: "To set the Samsung Galaxy S2 to USB Mass Storage (MSC) mode, go into "Settings > More... > USB utilities" and tap on "Connect Storage to PC". Then plug the USB cable into the device and connect to your computer. The "USB connected" screen with the large green Android icon will appear." I dunno if that last sentence refers to the Samsung screen, or a screen on some Windows' grotesquerie. > >> I navigate to the device's image folder (or wherever I intend; such >> as to a text file.) Then I copy (`cp`) (usually move (`mv`) is not >> permitted) to wherever I want on my workstation. >> >> > DigiKam is selected, I get its main window, but no files are displayed >> >> I don't use digikam, but isn't its intended use for _camera_ input? >> >> > and there seems >> > to be no way to navigate the tablets file system. >> > Suggestions are welcome. >> >> I seem to be able to navigate whilst in konqueror. >> >> What does .../syslog , or .../messages, or `dmesg` show you? > dmesg: >| [725210.239204] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 17 using xhci_hcd >| [725210.388939] usb 1-11: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860, >bcdDevice= 4.00 >| [725210.388945] usb 1-11: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 >| [725210.388948] usb 1-11: Product: SAMSUNG_Android >| [725210.388951] usb 1-11: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG >| [725210.388954] usb 1-11: SerialNumber: ________________ Well, that looks "OK", but I dunno if there is something absent -- if anything -- from that output. Jonesy ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
