Canon A620, FreeBSD and gphoto2

[Predrag Punosevac]

Eric,
Some cameras can be mounted without any software on FreeBSD. Yours is 
not one of those so be it.
No we are going to use gPhoto2.

If you play (ON THE MENU OF CAMERA) with the options on YOUR CAMERA in 
particular options for USB connector you will see that the following 
options likely will be displayed
Pict Bridge
PTP
Mass Storage
Auto

By default the camera is in Auto mode which is good enough for Windozzz 
but FreeBSD might want you
to put camera in PTP  mode usually used when camera is directly 
connected to PRINTER via
USB.
Then just follow the steps I gave you.
I am 99% sure that your camera DOES work with FreeBSD.

Predrag


Erin McNew wrote:
> Thank you for the suggestions.  I did try mounting the camera, but 
> since I had to use gphoto2 in linux, I figured I'd probably need to do 
> so in freebsd as well.  It gave me the message saying it required a 
> block device.
>
> I do not quite know what you mean about switching my camera to PTP 
> mode.  I did not need to do anything special under Linux, but I will 
> google a bit to see what I can figure out related to that. 
>
> I will look into your suggestions a bit more closely tonight when I 
> get back home. 
>
> If I'm understanding your explanation correctly, the fact that my 
> camera is showing up as ugen0 instead of usb0 is not a problem, correct?
>
> Thanks!
> ~Erin
>
> On 9/5/07, *Predrag Punosevac* <punosevac at math.arizona.edu 
> <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu>> wrote:
>
>     You should try to mount your camera manually first as
>     su -
>     password
>     mount_msdosfs /dev/ugen0 /mnt
>
>     If you can not read the camera only then you should use gphoto2 but
>     logged as a supper user to avoid
>     permission problems. If that fails i.e. if you get the message BLOCK
>     DEVICE RECUIRED you
>     should try to use gphoto2.
>
>     This is step by step for my Sony Cyber-Shot W70
>     1. Change into PTP mode on camera
>     2. Go to su mode (this can be avoided but I left it so that my wife
>     cannot mess with it)
>     3. gphoto2 --auto-detect will list your camera as Sony DSC-F707V (PTP
>     mode) usb:
>     4. gphoto2 --help to get various commands
>     5 gphoto2 --L will list all the files in numerical order
>     6 gphoto2 --get-file=NUMBER Range (will get you files in that range)
>     7 WARNING you may need to issue the commands some time multiple times
>     because
>     they fail. The following message is not uncommon
>     *** Error ***
>
>     Note you might not need to go to PTP mode for your particular camera!
>
>     If that fail then you can use cheap card reader which are well
>     detected
>     by FreeBSD.
>
>     There is an excellent thread that you can review
>     http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12015&page=7&pp=15
>     <http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12015&page=7&pp=15>
>
>     maybe somebody left specific details for you camera but I think I gave
>     you a big push:-)
>
>     Please let me know how it goes.
>
>     Predrag
>
>
>
>     Erin McNew wrote:
>     > I'm trying to get my Canon A620 camera to work with gphoto2
>     under FreeBSD.
>     >
>     > dmesg is telling me that my camera is /dev/ugen0.
>     >
>     > [osiris temp] gphoto2 --list-ports
>     > Devices found:
>     > 2
>     > Path                             Description
>     > --------------------------------------------------------------
>     > ptpip:                           PTP/IP Connection
>     > usb:                             Universal Serial Bus
>     >
>     > [osiris temp] gphoto2 --port /dev/ugen0 -P
>     > *** Error ***
>     > An error occurred in the io-library ('I/O problem'): Failed to open
>     > '/dev/ugen0' (m).
>     > *** Error (-7: 'I/O problem') ***
>     >
>     > [osiris temp] gphoto2 -L
>     >
>     > 1
>     > *** Error ***
>     > An error occurred in the io-library ('Bad parameters'): Could
>     not find USB
>     > device (vendor 0x4a9, product 0x30fc). Make sure this device is
>     connected to
>     > the computer.
>     > *** Error (-2: 'Bad parameters') ***
>     >
>     > I tried using --debug, but it didn't seem to give me that much
>     more detail,
>     > at least that I could understand.  I also tried specifying the
>     port as "usb"
>     > and the camera as "Canon PowerShot A620 (PTP mode)" (as
>     specified in gphoto2
>     > --list-cameras).  None of this worked.  Each gave me the "bad
>     parameters"
>     > error, which is slightly frustrating.
>     >
>     > I believe that this could be due to the fact that the camera is
>     being seen
>     > as ugen0 instead of usb.  Is there a way to cause it to be seen
>     as usb?
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>     > ~Erin
>     >
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