Canon SD1000 and Linux

Matt wrote:
> Nick Fotis wrote:
>> sid wrote:
>>
>>> Nick Fotis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do not expect Canon to be 'seen' from Linux
>>> That's funny, both my A95 and my 350D and my daughters A540 are all able
>>> to plug into our linux boxes and use various programs to download our
>>> photos. For example, Gthumb, DigiKam, Gphoto to name but three.
>>>
>> Well, this has nothing to do with official Canon support.
>> I suspect that you can 'see' these cameras *despite* Canon's ignorance of
>> Linux.
>> Old Olympus P&S I used since 2004 were using the Mass Storage
>> Protocol, and
>> my then-current Linux box was working like a charm - something that
>> didn't
>> happen with any Canon cameras I have tried during that era towards 2006.
>
> What Canon cameras have you tried with Linux? As I mention elsewhere,
> the Advanced guide for the SD1000 (IXUS 70) claims that the camera
> implements PTP and MTP. Maybe you didn't have the right software (e.g.
> gphoto2) installed on your Linux system. I notice that gphoto2 does not
> come standard on (e.g.) Ubuntu 7.04---you have to fetch it from a
> non-Ubuntu repository.

I think you just need libgphoto2 which is used by other applications to
access cameras and related stuff. This package is in the standard Ubuntu
repository so it shouldn't be a problem.

However, in Edgy (7.04?), this package is in edgy-backports repository
which should be enable in the Package Sources list.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy-backports/libs/libgphoto2-2

In any case, if a user installs digikam or gthumb, the above library
package should automatically be installed.

regards,
->HS


>
>>
>> Maybe Canon has improved in this aspect for non-Windows platforms, but
>> again
>> I wouldn't expect remote control via USB (most probably it's
>> reverse-engineered).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> N.F.

Matt wrote:

> Nick Fotis wrote:
>> sid wrote:
>>
>>> Nick Fotis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do not expect Canon to be 'seen' from Linux
>>> That's funny, both my A95 and my 350D and my daughters A540 are
>>> all able to plug into our linux boxes and use various programs to
>>> download our photos. For example, Gthumb, DigiKam, Gphoto to name
>>> but three.
>>>
>> Well, this has nothing to do with official Canon support.
>> I suspect that you can 'see' these cameras *despite* Canon's
>> ignorance of Linux.
>> Old Olympus P&S I used since 2004 were using the Mass Storage
>> Protocol, and my then-current Linux box was working like a charm -
>> something that didn't happen with any Canon cameras I have tried
>> during that era towards 2006.
>
> What Canon cameras have you tried with Linux? As I mention
> elsewhere, the Advanced guide for the SD1000 (IXUS 70) claims that
> the camera
> implements PTP and MTP. Maybe you didn't have the right software
> (e.g.
> gphoto2) installed on your Linux system. I notice that gphoto2 does
> not come standard on (e.g.) Ubuntu 7.04---you have to fetch it from
> a non-Ubuntu repository.
>
>>
>> Maybe Canon has improved in this aspect for non-Windows platforms,
>> but again I wouldn't expect remote control via USB (most probably
>> it's reverse-engineered).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> N.F.
I have always found that GTKam is very handy.


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