I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.

Does anybody know if this camera is supported by linux
and if so how it can be used?

Henk Jan

> I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
> try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.
>
> Does anybody know if this camera is supported by linux
> and if so how it can be used?

Try mounting it as a standard USB pendrive, otherwise
http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/proj/l...o2/support.php

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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:54:00 +0200, Henk Jan Priester wrote:

> I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
> try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.

Do yourself a favor, and get a cheap USB "card reader" for the media
stick. I use that method with the Memory Stick from my Sony CyberShot P72.

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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:28:35 +0000, ANC wrote:

> Henk Jan Priester wrote:
>
>> I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
>> try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.
>>
>> Does anybody know if this camera is supported by linux
>> and if so how it can be used?
>>
>> Henk Jan
>
> The CyberShot works fine. As root make a directory in /mnt such as sony.
>
> In /etc/fstab create an entry such as:
>
> /dev/sdc1 /mnt/sony vfat noauto,users,exec 0 0
>
> Use sdc1 IF that is where you system creates it (check dmesg).
>
> When you plug in the camera you can go to Konqueror and enter /mnt/sony and
> that should get you into the camera.
>
> On my Kanotix (Debian flavor) distro I don't have to do any of this. I plug
> in the camera or a pen-drive and I get an icon on my desktop ready to
> click.
>
> Slackware, Kanotix, Fedora.... whatever floats your boat. They all work
> well. It just depends on how much control you want to have... or deal with.
>
> Al C.

Thanks for you reply but when I plug in the camera it is not
recognised by the usb-storage module so I am not able to mount
it.

In USB normal mode dmesg shows:

hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-3, assigned address 8
usb.c: USB device 8 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x10) is not claimed by any active driver.

In USB mode PTP dmesg shows:

hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-3, assigned address 12
usb.c: USB device 12 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x4e) is not claimed by any active
driver.

Henk Jan

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:07:25 -0500, Dan C wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:54:00 +0200, Henk Jan Priester wrote:
>
>> I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
>> try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.
>
> Do yourself a favor, and get a cheap USB "card reader" for the media
> stick. I use that method with the Memory Stick from my Sony CyberShot P72.

Oke may that will be probably the best solution if the gphoto2 things
also does not work.
Do you known if all these cheap USB card-readers are supported
by Linux?

Henk Jan

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:18:32 +0000, neutron*star wrote:

>> I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
>> try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.
>>
>> Does anybody know if this camera is supported by linux
>> and if so how it can be used?
>
> Try mounting it as a standard USB pendrive, otherwise
> http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/proj/l...o2/support.php


Mounting did not work as the camera is not recognised
by the usb-storage module.
I will try the ghoto option.

Henk Jan

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:17:35 +0200, Henk Jan Priester wrote:

>>> I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
>>> try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.

>> Do yourself a favor, and get a cheap USB "card reader" for the media
>> stick. I use that method with the Memory Stick from my Sony CyberShot P72.

> Do you known if all these cheap USB card-readers are supported
> by Linux?

Ummmm...., what did you think I meant when I said above "I use that method..." ?

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Henk Jan Priester <henkjan@prienix.nospam.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:18:32 +0000, neutron*star wrote:
>
> Mounting did not work as the camera is not recognised
> by the usb-storage module.
> I will try the ghoto option.

RTFM of your camera, goto SETUP options and
USB Connect - USB protocol: PTP, Normal, or PictBridge

you can mount it or use PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol)
http://ptp.sourceforge.net/

cu Frank

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Henk Jan Priester wrote:


> hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-3, assigned address 8
> usb.c: USB device 8 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x10) is not claimed by any active
> driver.
>

Hmmm. Is hotplug running? If not check the permissions
on /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug and see if it is disabled.

Al C.

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:54:00 +0200, Henk Jan Priester wrote:

> I am using slackware current with the 2.4.31 kernel and
> try to get a Sony CyberShot S40 digital camera running.
>
> Does anybody know if this camera is supported by linux
> and if so how it can be used?
>
> Henk Jan

I have not been able to mount it as a file system.
I can download all images with gphoto2 using PTP mode.

Thanks for all suggestions.

Henk Jan