Problems connecting a digital camera

[Mike Jeays]

On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 13:00, Norbert Koch wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I run into problems trying to connect a KONICA_MINOLTA DiMAGE Xg from
> my FreeBSD system, FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386.
> 
> I think, I've got all the necessary devices in my kernel.
> 
> Now, dmesg tells me
> 
> umass0: KONICA_MINOLTA DiMAGE Xg, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3
> umass0: BBB reset failed, TIMEOUT
> umass0: BBB reset failed, TIMEOUT
> umass0: BBB reset failed, TIMEOUT
> ...
> 
> and I'm unable to mount /dev/da...  This results in a 'device not
> configured' error message.
> 
> Hmm, new messages (while a 'camcontrol rescan all' is on its way):
> Aug 12 18:57:19 arafel /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): got CAM status 0x4
> Aug 12 18:57:19 arafel /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): fatal error, failed to attach to device
> Aug 12 18:57:19 arafel /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): lost device
> Aug 12 18:57:19 arafel /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): removing device entry
> 
> 
> Any pointers?
> 
> Thanks,
> norbert.
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If you are connecting the camera directly, you may need to use gphoto2,
provided of course it has an implementation for your camera.

I have found a much better solution is to buy a card-reader, and mount
it as an msdos file system.  This works every time for me.