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Re: [LUG] Problems with my digital camera

 

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:21:50 +0000
Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > I blamed Mandriva.
> >
> > A while ago I bought a digital camera (Canon Powershot A610). Once I
> > had some photos ready I decided to transfer them to the computer. So,
> > while Mandriva was running, I linked that camera to a USB port using the
> > supplied cable and powered up the camera in view mode.
> >
> > CRASH.
> I'd say get an external card reader.  Admittedly that won't help if the 
> camera has onboard memory (does it?).  I have a Sitecom reader and a 
> brief glance at their website when I had a 2.4.* kernel gave me an A4 
> page of how to install it under Linux - very impressive and it worked 
> first time!  After that I would recommend Sitecom to any Linux users as 
> a Linux friendly manufacturer.  Under 2.6 I had no problem, it just sees 
> the reader as 4 USB drives.
> 
My camera has a separate memory card, not onboard memory.

I had considered a card reader, but wouldn't I have the same problem
when I plugged in the card reader instead of the camera?

Neil Winchurst

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