how do i get my digital camera to work?

jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

i have a Vivitar Vivacam 3635, it connects to the PC with USB. In windoze 2k it dosent need any drivers, its shows up as a USB mass storage device and i open it up and the pictures are right in there. how can i get this dcam workin on gentoo? I have a PenDrive that i would like to get working too, i figure they'll be nearly the same setting up.

TIA

jerome187

D-Noc · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 8:41 pm Post subject:

You have to compile your kernel with usb-storage (I did it as a module, but I am not sure it has to be a module)

Remeber to add usb-storage to your /etc/modules.autoload

then you should be able to mount your camera somthing like this:

(Example is with my Olympus C220, not sure if your cam works the same way!!)
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/somedir

(somedir is a directory you have made in /mnt )

Hope this helps

D-Noc

jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

i got the USB pen drive to work, it was /dev/sdb1, the digital cam isnt workin tho, heres what i get when i try to mount it:

spundun · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 9

jerome:

did you try it without the fs option like this?
mount /dev/sda /mnt/digitalcam

Are you able to hook it up to a windows machine and access it through windows explorer as a storage device?

jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

spundun · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 9

try msdos fstype .... :-/ just guessing (no warranties

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jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

i dont think the dcam is sda or sdb, when i plug the pen cam in sdb1 shows up, but when i plug in the cam nothin shows up.

:?:

pheelay · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 10:53 am Post subject:

How about adding in compact flash support?

jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

i'll try that, but it uses secure digital cards.

pheelay · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 6:16 pm Post subject:

Oh right, well i'm not sure. That driver seems to support most compact media types. The best way to find a solution is to do a web search for what drivers people used with that camera. And then report back here! :wink:

Phil

jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

searched google and i havent found much, just a database that had other models of the vivacam, and it said the USB mass storage thing worked fine with them.

well, i'll keep lookin

ghetto · Guru Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 369 Location: BC, Canada

any idea if I could mount my camera's flash card? it connects by a serial line though so Im not so sure what exactly I would mount.

but I can use ghoto2 shell to access the card and get my pictures

...its a "canon powershot a5-zoom"
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jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

would it be easyer to get a flashcard reader and do it that way?