F707 & Linux

[Jan Teluch]

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem, the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.-- bye, JoHnY

 

[Ivo34672]

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone
around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer
From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem,
the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device
and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera
here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.
--
bye, JoHnY

John,

never tried this, but bookmarked this old thread:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=730299

Ivo
--Eyeglasses: Carl Zeiss

 

[Jan Teluch]

Thanks, so it's as simple as I thought it would be, only I'm surprised it's read-only. Anyway I'll post updates after I'll actually try it.

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone
around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer
From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem,
the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device
and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera
here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.
--
bye, JoHnY

John,

never tried this, but bookmarked this old thread:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=730299

Ivo

--
Eyeglasses: Carl Zeiss

-- bye, JoHnY

 

[Ron Parr]

You might want to look into gphoto. I think there are some links to it from the FAQ.

--Ron ParrFAQ: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~parr/photography/faq.htmlGallery: http://www.pbase.com/parr/

 

[Andrew Coupe]

I haven't actually tried this, bit it should work.

I do have a USB flash memory storage device which I know works under Linux. The 707 should be the same.

I'll try to find time to give it a try and let you know.

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone
around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer
From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem,
the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device
and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera
here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.
--
bye, JoHnY

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[Richard M. Denney]

I have a dsc-707 and have not been able to get it to be recognized under RedHat Linux version 7.2 (updated kernel, 2.4.9-21). Could you be a little more explicit about the linux system you are using? I know my usb-storage module is working, since I have a Digital Wallet that is recognized as a mass storage device under Linux (with usb-uchi, usbcore and usb-storage modules loaded). The Digital Wallet is listed in proc/scsi/scsi, and mounts as a SCSI disk with mount dev/sdb1. In contrast, the dsc-707 does not seem to be detected by my system (no listing in proc/scsi/scsi).

The USB port of the camera works, since it connects fine to my wife's win98 computer.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Rick

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone
around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer
From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem,
the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device
and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera
here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.
--
bye, JoHnY

John,

never tried this, but bookmarked this old thread:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=730299

Ivo

--
Eyeglasses: Carl Zeiss

--
bye, JoHnY

 

[Richard M. Denney]

Linux users may find the following useful. I continued playing with this myself, seeing no responses to my earlier query. The F707 was not recognized as a SCSI device under the most recent RedHat kernel (2.4.9-21) using the usb-storage module. However, upgrading the kernel (and modules) to version 2.4.18 from http://www.kernel.org resulted in flawless behavior. Plugging in the camera now permits mounting as a scsi disk. In proc/scsi/scsi the camera is listed as scsi channel 1 device 0. So the command (given as root):
"mount -t vfat dev/sdb1 mnt/camera"

results in the camera appearing as a mounted disk, with all the files available for downloading.

Voila!

The USB port of the camera works, since it connects fine to my
wife's win98 computer.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Rick

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone
around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer
From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem,
the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device
and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera
here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.
--
bye, JoHnY

John,

never tried this, but bookmarked this old thread:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=730299

Ivo

--
Eyeglasses: Carl Zeiss

--
bye, JoHnY

 

[peyton bay]

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone
around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer
From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem,
the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device
and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera
here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.
--
bye, JoHnY

Hi JoHnY,

Not a direct answer to your question, but my 505v worked perfectly with Slackware 2.4.9. Surely the 707 will work as well.

Peyton

 

[JoHnY77]

Sorry for not answering that message last month, but I actually didn't have the camera, it was sent to me by a friend from the USA. Now I finally got it so I played with it a little and this is what I've found:

for earlier kernel versions, you need to patch one file in kernel tree and recompile the kernel (maybe recompiling modules would be enough)
here is the patch: http://lists.insecure.org/linux-kernel/2001/Dec/1867.html

it's for kernel version 2.4.16 but I think it will work for earlier versions as well. if the patch produces some errors or you don't know how to apply it, just open the file drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h from the kernel source tree, find a line containing "UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x054c, 0x0010, 0x0106, 0x0322,"

and change it to "UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x054c, 0x0010, 0x0106, 0x0401," and the camera will work (after you recompile the kernel
Yes, just 3 bytes changed and everything works just fine

Of course the kernel upgrade is pretty easier way but if for some reason you don't want to upgrade the kernel like me (I use a software which needs kernel to be patched to work and the patch is not yet available for the newer kernel version), this may help you.

Voila!

The USB port of the camera works, since it connects fine to my
wife's win98 computer.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Rick

Hi,

I've just ordered an F707 and I'd like to ask if there's anyone
around who played with connecting the unit to the Linux computer
From what I've read I think it would not be a great problem,
the camera should identify itself as a generic mass storage device
and it could be simply mounted, but I still don't have the camera
here and I'm impatient and curious
Thanks for any input.
--
bye, JoHnY

John,

never tried this, but bookmarked this old thread:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=730299

Ivo

--
Eyeglasses: Carl Zeiss

--
bye, JoHnY

-- bye, JoHnY.