GPhoto for SuSE 8.1 (or equiv)

[Bruce Marshall]

> Sorry, I know I'm not supposed to reply to my own post...
> 
> I keep trying and trying....  but I can't even get gphoto2 to pull the
pictures.  It automagically detects the camera and that it is plugged
into USB:
> 
> aiu1411 at gandalf:~/PIX> gphoto2 -P --auto-detect --debug
> <snip>
> 0.576258 gphoto2-port(2): Closing port...
> Model                          Port
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Mustek MDC 800                 usb:
> 0.576928 gphoto2-filesystem(2): Internally appending folder /...
> <snip>
> 1.274416 gphoto2-camera(2): Listing files in '/'...
> 1.274530 gphoto2-camera(2): Initializing camera...
> 1.274614 gphoto2-port-usb(1): Looking for USB device (vendor 0x55f,
product 0xa800)... found.
> 1.274661 gphoto2-port-usb(1): Detected defaults: config 1, interface
0, altsetting 0, inep 84, outep 01, intep 82
> 1.274705 gphoto2-camera(2): Loading
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.1.1dev3/libgphoto2_mustek'...
> 1.275584 gphoto2-port(2): Opening USB port...
> 1.275889 gphoto2-port(0): Could not claim interface 0 (Device or
resource busy). Make sure no other program or kernel module (e.g. dc2xx
or stv680) is using the device and you have read/write access to the device.
> 1.293552 context(0): An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not
claim the USB device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Device or resource
busy). Make sure no other program or kernel module (e.g. dc2xx or
stv680) is using the device and you have read/write access to the device.

I read somewhere in the same docs that the 'cannot claim interface 0'
message is due to a permission problem.....    I'll go look for it
again.   You're almost there.





> 
> *** Error ***
> An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB
device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Device or resource busy). Make
sure no other program or kernel module (e.g. dc2xx or stv680) is using
the device and you have read/write access to the device.
> *** Error ('Could not claim the USB device') ***
> 
> I'm learning some, but still pretty befuddled at this point.  Any
pointers would be appreciated.  Many thanks to those who have helped so
far, especially Bruce for the USB link.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:39:46 -0500
> Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Am I wrong here?  The more I'm reading, the more I'm thinking that I am.
> > It actually creates the device file in /proc/usb
> > I will miss the auto-created file "/dev/usb/mdc800" but I should be
able to link to whatever dynamic ### hotplug uses.  I just need to add a
link statement in the usbmap script, right?  I haven't got pictures off
the camera yet, so I won't say definitively yet :)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:26:19 -0500
> > Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Yes, but you can't mount /proc/bus/usb as a drive or use it as a
serial port.
> > > 
> > > The device file I'm looking for would be in /dev
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:38:38 +0100
> > > Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Also, the devices do not show up in /dev. They are in /proc/bus/usb.
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+++  Bruce Marshall   bmarsh at bmarsh.com   Bellaire, MI  +++