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Thanks Timothy. I fixed the sudo issue by adjusting the "user" option in /etc/fstab to "users", and have no problems now. I'll check-out PTP if I have further problems. Cheers. Joseph<BR>
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On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 17:44 +1200, Timothy Goddard wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">See whether you can use PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) with your camera. It </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">should allow it as it supports Pictbridge, which uses PTP as the image </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">transfer protocol.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I don't know about the GNOME equivalents but I use digiKam with PTP with my </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">camera. Root permissions shouldn't be required to use a USB device in this </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">way unless your security settings are utterly paranoid.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Sunday 25 June 2006 00:13, Arands - Wellington wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hello</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Thanks for the replies. I also thought that Ubuntu would automatically</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> import photos from a modern camera (and, yes, an upgrade is hopefully in</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> the pipeline). I have just managed to mount the camera as a device, and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> so now know that photos can be retrieved from the camera. There is a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> wee problem that I have to unmount the device as sudo, rather than as</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> any old user via the graphical interface - but will try to resolve that</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> one tomorrow. Cheers.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Joseph</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 22:17 +0100, Jim Cheetham wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:24:34AM +1200, Jonathan Harker wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Arands - Wellington wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > > Can anyone provide newbie advice about how to import photos from a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > > Fujifilm FinePix S5600 camera into gThumb Image Viewer under Ubuntu</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > > 5.04</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Your camera should just appear as a USB drive, and you can copy the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > files from there. gThumb tries very hard to be smart about importing</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > from cameras that do not work as generic USB drives (i.e. older</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > cameras); that function isn't needed for your camera.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > > Ideally, I'd like to be able to plug the camera into the USB port,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > > Ubuntu to detect it, and then open gThumb automatically so I can</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > > import photos.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > If your camera isn't automatically mounting, then you need to look</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > outside gThumb for the problem. As Jonathan says, an upgrade might be</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > required, but I'm pretty sure its supposed to work with your current</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > version.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > -jim</FONT>
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