[Solved] Configure Canon A510 Digital Camera

[Eliudhr]

Hi guys.
I have a old digital camera Canon A510, and works very fine. I have a lot time using Slackware and recently Zenwalk and now Salix.

The trouble with my digital camera is when connect to USB port Salix-XFCE doents launch the import manager software.
I try with GThumb, Shotwell and nothing. Only works with Gphoto2 in command line, but I like to use a front end, in Slack and Zenwalk launch a photo import manager, but i like very much Salix.

Also I try to add rules to 45-libgphoto2.rules, modify Udev rules without success.
# udev rules file for libgphoto2 devices (udev >= 0.98)
#SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", GOTO="libgphoto2_rules_end"
ACTION!="add", GOTO="libgphoto2_rules_end"
#... bla bla bla
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="30c2", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
#... bla bla
LABEL="libgphoto2_rules_end"

lsusb show:
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 04a9:30c2 Canon, Inc. PowerShot A510 (normal mode) / PowerShot A510 (PTP mode)

gphoto2 --auto-detect
Modelo Puerto
----------------------------------------------------------
Canon PowerShot A510 (PTP mode) usb:010,002


Any idea ?

Thanks in advance.

[Andyun]

Try gThumb: menu File --> Import Photos... --> press the button "Select a camera model" --> Choose from the catalog --> select Canon PowerShot A510 (PTP mode).

[tsuren]

check also your SD card. I had a similar problem recently, and it turned out that the card was no good. (The card was totally usable by the camera, but Linux found some corruption in it, so it did not load the card).

[thenktor]

I'm using digikam or gtkam to import my photos from the cam.

[Eliudhr]

Hi !
I try your tips and nothing.

The system is not mounting the camera, but with Gphoto2 in command line it works.

I check my SD card and is fine, I put another SD and try, and have the same.
When place a SD card in a multi card reader, the system mount the card and I cant use gthum to import pictures, but I prefer to plug the camera and import.

Thanks for you help.

Eliud

[tsuren]

have you set your camera on the ptp mode?

http://www.diyphotobits.com/set-camera- ... -usb-mode/

[Eliudhr]

Thanks, but in my digital camera can't change to USB mode. But in Windows, Zenwalk works without change nothing.

[tsuren]

what if you install gthumb from zenwalk? Have you tried that already? At least then, we might be able to narrow down the problem.

[thenktor]

Thanks, but in my digital camera can't change to USB mode. But in Windows, Zenwalk works without change nothing.

I'm not sure what you are trying to do. Is your camera set to USB mass storage mode or PTP mode? I assume it is PTP mode because you say it works with gphoto2.
* If it is PTP mode you can use e.g. gtkam, chose your camer there and import the photos. It is a frontend to gphoto2. There is no need to mount your camera or your SD card.
* If it is USB mass stoarage mode you have to mount your camera or SD card and copy the files with a file manager. No need to use tools like gtkam or gphoto2.

[Eliudhr]

I test my digital camera with Zenwalk Core (XFCE), and it doesn't work. Try with the same distro with Gnome and works, maybe the Gnome has a special libraries or configuration.

Yes I could use Gtkam.

Thanks.