hp photosmart E327

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, ded wrote:
> Lonnie asked:
> "Does the camera get recognized when connected via USB?  If that
> isn't working, then attempts to mount a non-existant device aren't going
> to work.  What do you see in dmesg output 30 seconds after connecting
> the camera?"
>
> Nothing in dmesg at all. The only reference to it is in messages:
>
> Dec  6 19:52:10 grub kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device
> using uhci_hcd and address 5
>
> Dec  6 19:52:11 grub kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
>
> Dec  6 19:53:32 grub kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 5
>
> Is this thing supposed to be mounted like a hard drive? (from a post
> on the linux lists Italy that google turned up) How would I use gphoto2
> to get the pictures off of it? Daburned newfangled contraption :)


If it was presenting itself as a USB storage device, then you could mount 
it.  From the dmesg output above, its clearly not, so you can't mount it. 
gphoto would be your best bet.  I've never used gphoto.  Thankfully my 
cameras are all USB storage devices.

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