Re: Problems with digital camera

From: Louis LeBlanc (FreeBSD_at_keyslapper.org)
Date: 01/01/05

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    Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:53:05 -0500
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    On 01/01/05 12:22 PM, Trey Sizemore sat at the `puter and typed:
    > Hoping that someone can see what I may be overlooking. I've got a Nikon
    > CoolPix 885 that I'm attempting to connect to my FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE
    > machine via it's USB connector to a D-Link 7-port USB hub. The hub
    > itself is connected via one of two USB ports on the tower. I have the
    > following in /boot/loader.conf:
    >
    >
    > ________________________________________________________________
    > salamander# cat /boot/loader.conf
    > snd_emu10k1_load="YES"
    > usb_load="YES" # USB support
    > ums_load="YES" # USB mouse
    > umass_load="YES" # USB Zip 100 drive Or Camera
    > ________________________________________________________________
    >
    >
    > and the following in my /etc/rc.conf:
    >
    >
    > ________________________________________________________________
    > salamander# cat /etc/rc.conf
    > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon Dec 6 13:36:23 2004
    > # Created: Mon Dec 6 13:36:23 2004
    > # Enable network daemons for user convenience.
    > # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
    > # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
    > hostname="salamander.thesizemores.net"
    > ifconfig_vr0="DHCP"
    > linux_enable="YES"
    > moused_enable="YES"
    > usbd_enable="YES"
    > sendmail_enable="YES"
    > sendmail_flags="-bd"
    > sendmail_pidfile="/var/spool/postfix/pid/master.pid"
    > sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
    > sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
    > sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
    > devfs_system_ruleset="local_ruleset"
    > ________________________________________________________________
    >
    >
    > and this in a /etc/devfs.rules file that I created per another post I
    > saw on the forum:
    >
    >
    > ________________________________________________________________
    > [local_ruleset=10]
    > add path 'ugen*' mode 664
    > ________________________________________________________________
    >
    >
    > The following lines appear in my /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC file (this is
    > out-of-the-box, I have not recompiled the kernel since initial install):
    >
    >
    > ________________________________________________________________
    > # USB support
    > device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
    > device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
    > device usb # USB Bus (required)
    > #device udbp # USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
    > device ugen # Generic
    > device uhid # "Human Interface Devices"
    > device ukbd # Keyboard
    > device ulpt # Printer
    > device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
    > device ums # Mouse
    > device urio # Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
    > device uscanner # Scanners
    >
    > # SCSI peripherals
    > device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
    > device ch # SCSI media changers
    > device da # Direct Access (disks)
    > device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
    > device cd # CD
    > device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
    > device ses # SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)
    >
    > ________________________________________________________________
    >
    >
    > However, when I connect my camera via the USB connector and turn it on,
    > I get no messages in dmesg and usbdevs shows
    >
    >
    > ________________________________________________________________
    > salamander# usbdevs
    > addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
    > addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
    > addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
    > ________________________________________________________________
    >
    >
    > What have I missed? I assumed with the latter configured as I've
    > outlined, I should be able to have the camera plugged in on a running
    > system, see it detected, and then mount. Later I could add an entry to
    > fstab for the device to make this a little easier.

    I have that same model. I never bothered to try hooking it directly
    to the USB port. The camera uses CompactFlash cards, so I picked up a
    SanDisk USB reader (Sandisk PN: SDDR-31) and hooked it to the USB
    port. All I needed in the kernel config was the umass device, which
    it sounds like you already have.

    Then I just mount the inserted card as a dos partition (usually
    /dev/da0s1) and I can move pics to my filesystem (mv, not cp). This cleans
    out the card and preserves the timestamp on the file, so I don't have
    to otherwise mar my pic with an auto date label to know when I took
    it.

    Another advantage, is you can buy a couple cards, and the camera isn't
    tied down for the upload.

    What may (or may not) be related, is that I have to have the reader
    mounted prior to boot, or the /dev/da0 device doesn't show in the /dev
    partition. When the card in inserted, it's detected and the
    /dev/da0s1 device appears. There may be a way to get the USB device
    to rescan, but I'm not that fluent with USB.

    I had the same setup on FreeBSD versions, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and now 5.3
    RELEASE. Works like a charm. And yes, I bought mine way back when it
    cost a good months rent :|

    Good luck.
    Lou 

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