Camera not detected

[James Wilkinson]

Clodoaldo wrote:
> I used my camera a few days ago and imported pictures from it to Fedora
> Core 5.
>
> Today I tried and I can't import pictures. The camera is a Canon A510
> PowerShot.

I've got one of those, and have never had any trouble with it.
Unfortunately, I don't have the camera with me at the moment (and I'm on
x86_64 and FC6).

> This hangs:
> # gphoto2 --auto-detect
>
> These are the messages in /var/log/messages:
>
> Jan 13 13:53:44 dkt kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using
> uhci_hcd and address 4
> Jan 13 13:53:45 dkt kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jan 13 13:54:39 dkt automount[2995]: >> mount clntudp_create: RPC:
> Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
> Jan 13 13:54:39 dkt automount[2995]: lookup(program): lookup for dcim
> failed Jan 13 13:54:39 dkt automount[2995]: failed to mount /net/dcim
> Jan 13 13:55:55 dkt automount[3030]: >> mount clntudp_create: RPC:
> Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
> Jan 13 13:55:55 dkt automount[3030]: lookup(program): lookup for DCIM
> failed Jan 13 13:55:55 dkt automount[3030]: failed to mount /net/DCIM
> Jan 13 13:57:16 dkt kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 4

The messages between 13:54:00 and 13:57:00 look unrelated -- they seem
to be network related.

Did you unplug the camera at 13:57:16? If not, then you've probably got
a dodgy USB connection.

It looks like you've got (at least) two USB buses on your system -- are
you using a different USB port to the one you used before?

I hate to suggest it, but it *is* possible that either hardware or
software has got confused, and powering the system off and then on again
would reset things.

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: 

> Have you tried to mount it manually? I mean, using mount /dev/sdaX
> /mnt (/mnt or any other directory which actually exists) Cheers.

The Canon A510 Powershot doesn't support that -- it looks to software
like a camera, not a disk drive.

Hope this helps,

James.

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