Easier way to use a camera in linux?

[Markus]

Don't get me wrong here, I don't want credit for something someone else has written and put on the web
It's just that on the page under 4.3.2. Setting up linux-hotplug step2 it says:

Make hotplug recognise all USB cameras which your version of libgphoto2(3) supports.

On most of the modern[2] (as of mid-2003) distributions, you don't have to do much. Just write the output of /usr/lib/libgphoto2/print-usb-usermap[3] to the /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam.usermap file:


host:~# /usr/lib/libgphoto2/print-usb-usermap > /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam.usermap

But I agree that your howto is a lot easier to read though, and yes, the path to usbcam.group script differs from the howto.

PS: How I wish Canon would get their act together and add usb-storage support, but OTOH the 16MPixel SLR:s do have USB 1.1

[CrashedAgain]

Don't get me wrong here, I don't want credit for something someone else has written and put on the web
It's just that on the page under 4.3.2. Setting up linux-hotplug step2 it says:

Make hotplug recognise all USB cameras which your version of libgphoto2(3) supports.

On most of the modern[2] (as of mid-2003) distributions, you don't have to do much. Just write the output of /usr/lib/libgphoto2/print-usb-usermap[3] to the /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam.usermap file:


host:~# /usr/lib/libgphoto2/print-usb-usermap > /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam.usermap

But I agree that your howto is a lot easier to read though, and yes, the path to usbcam.group script differs from the howto.

PS: How I wish Canon would get their act together and add usb-storage support, but OTOH the 16MPixel SLR:s do have USB 1.1

This is exactly the point, 'host:~# /usr/lib/libgphoto2/print-usb-usermap > /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam.usermap' doesn't work, you (or at least I with Kanotix bh9 installation) must use 'host:~# /usr/lib/libgphoto2-2/print-usb-usermap > /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam.usermap' & this small change is very difficult for a user to track down.

How many times do we get a query here where the baffled user followed the how-to exactly but it didn't work & they are not able to solve the problem. I was in exactly that situation until I was able to track down your post in one place & the how to in another place & then figure out where the script files were located on my particular installation.

Even though the solution is quite simple it took me most of one evening as I went down a couple of blind alleys along the way.

[Markus]

AHHAA! You know, I didn't even notice this although I skimmed through the howto again. IIRC I think I just did updatedb -> locate print-usb-usermap when it didn't work. As it's a few months since, I just forgot about it until you just reminded me.