[wellylug] Problems setting up USB for digital camera

[Colin & Josephine Lewis]

I have just bought a Canon Powershot A70 digital camera and am trying to 
connect it to my PC (running mdk 9.1).  This is the first time I have tried 
to connect a USB device, or a camera for that matter, so am not sure what 
setting up I need to do.  Simply plugging the camera into my PC and accesing 
flphoto (the digital camera manager under kde) achieves nothing.  

Do I have to manually mount my USB port first, and if so what command do I 
use, and how can I setup an icon link to do this from my desktop?

Any advice/ guidance would be much appreciated.

cheers

Colin