[wellylug] Fujifilm Camera and Ubuntu

[Jonathan Harker]

Arands - Wellington wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Can anyone provide newbie advice about how to import photos from a
> Fujifilm FinePix S5600 camera into gThumb Image Viewer under Ubuntu 5.04
> (Hoary)?  The camera is not listed on the gThumb list.  I tried
> selecting the Finepix S7000 (PictBridge mode) option, but got the
> following error message:
> 
> "An error occurred in the io-library ('Bad parameters'): Could not find
> USB device (vendor 0x4cb, product 0x142). Make sure this device is
> connected to the computer."  [The camera was connected to the computer]. 
> 
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to plug the camera into the USB port,
> Ubuntu to detect it, and then open gThumb automatically so I can import
> photos.

At the risk of sounding obtuse, may I suggest upgrading to Ubuntu 6.06?
It will probably have a much more up to date database of devices.

Does it not also come up as a generic USB storage device?

J