digital camera

[Fred Grant]

On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 17:02, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 15:52 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 12:13, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 08:37 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 19:27, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 18:05 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > > > > > Recently acquired an el cheapo digital camera made by dgx.  When I go to
> > > > > > mass storage mode via usb the hardware browser indicates the presence of
> > > > > > /dev/sda1.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Do any of you have any pointers for viewing images?  I assume I'll have
> > > > > > to mount /dev/sda1 but I don't know what type of file system it is or
> > > > > > how or where to mount it.  Otherwise this should be a piece of cake!
> > > > > 
> > > > > 99% of all cameras use FAT-32 or VFAT filesystems.  Have you tried
> > > > > gphoto (Gnome) or kamera (KDE) to see if they "grok" your camera?
> > > > > 
> > > > > If not, you probably want to create a mountpoint for your camera's
> > > > > storage (e.g. "/media/camera") once.  Then, an appropriate mount command
> > > > > would be
> > > > > 	
> > > > > 	mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/camera
> > > > > 
> > > > > Then you'll see the directory structure under /media/camera.  One of
> > > > > the more common would be:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	/media/camera/dcim/olympus/file.jpg
> > > > > 
> > > > > That's from an old Olympus 3050Z camera I have.  Usually, there will
> > > > > be a "dcim" directory, and under that some permutation of your camera's
> > > > > maker.  The "*.jpg" files are the actual images.
> > > > > 
> > > > Thanks Rick.  I got it to work with /mnt/pics.  How about a script to
> > > > automate the mount command?  I've never written a script before so I
> > > > don't know how or where to save it so I can find it again and use it as
> > > > needed.
> > > 
> > > Uh, hmmm.  Well, as root, create the file "/usr/bin/mntcam".  In it, put
> > > these lines:
> > > 
> > >     #!/bin/bash
> > >     if [ $0 = "mntcam" ]; then
> > > 	mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/pics
> > > 	echo "Camera mounted at /mnt/pics"
> > >     else
> > > 	umount /mnt/pics
> > > 	echo "It is now safe to unplug the camera"
> > >     fi
> > > 
> > > Save it.  Then (still as root), enter these two commands:
> > > 
> > >     # chmod 755 /usr/bin/mntcam
> > >     # ln -s /usr/bin/mntcam /usr/bin/umntcam
> > > 
> > > You now have two commands "mntcam" to mount it, and "umntcam" to unmount
> > > it.
> > > 
> > Thanks Rick, I'll give it a shot.  I thought about putting the device in
> > /etc/fstab assuming this would make mounting relatively easy from the
> > command line.  Would this be an alternative?
> 
> Certainly.  A line such as:
> 
>     /dev/sda1 /mnt/pics vfat pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> 
> would do it.  Just make sure you have "noauto" specified or the system
> will whine at boot time if the camera isn't plugged in.

I took out some of your more esoteric commands and added "user".  Pics
now shows up in the "usermounter" under the desktop computer icon (where
you can mount your floppy or cd rom).  Works great.
-- 
Fred