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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > Ron Clarke wrote:
> > >    If Sindi, or anyone else, is willing to do a little hand-holding,
> > > I would very much like to learn how to get the pictures off the
> > > camera and onto my computer.
> >
> > You can try my 2.4.31 kernel, which I just uploaded.

............:
> > http://us.share.geocities.com/davidjmoberg/zimage-usb.gz
> >
> > Boot BL with the 2.4 kernel. Plug in camera. Then try to mount
> > the camera:
> >
> > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
> >
> > You can then copy the pictures from your camera to disk and
> > reboot with your usual kernel to send the pictures somewhere
> > else.
> >
> > Please let us know if it works!

Since my two computers with USB are in transition, I tried out your new 
kernel on the Gateway that does not do loop linux and it has an IDE zip 
disk (hdd) and a pcmcia controller.

The kernel was a bit upset about the hdd not having a partition table, but 
then it booted fine.  Lots of stuff went by about SCSI system driver, and 
host/usb-uhci.c (this has Intel USB, therefore uhci), and usb.c bus number 
1, and USB Mass Storage Support Registered.
hub.c:  New USB device .... address 2 (does this mean the controller is 
address 1?)

scsusb.contro/bulk.msg timeout   (what does this mean?)
scsi0:  SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
Vendor:  Vivitar....Vivicam

sda:  sda1

I was able to mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
(or to cat /dev/sda1, which made a racket and put lots of garbage on the 
screen).

I then cd'ed to dcim and its subdirectory, and as with DOS and SW91 there 
are lots of jpgs there.  I should have copied one as a test, but instead
I tried to view the photos.  I typed zgv:

svgalib:  zgv - mmap error in paged screen memory.

Then I tried Xvesa:  can't establish listening socket.

Same thing with plain X and xinit.

So I soft rebooted with my usual BL2 kernel, which found hdd (IDE zip) 
prefectly (the 2.4.31 kernel must not support that) and zgv put abstract 
art on the screen, on all four terminals.  I did not get a chance to try 
Xvesa.  I rebooted blind and then powered off and on again.

Now Xvesa and zgv are working again with the BL2 2.2.16 kernel.

What might be going on with this new kernel and video?  It does not 
interfere with mounting the memory card, but it would be nice to be able 
to view photos without powering off and on again first.   Is this some 
sort of new bug in 2.4.31?

Could someone else check this out?  Maybe with and without USB storage 
device plugged in.  Does it matter if USB is disabled in BIOS?  uhci vs 
ohci?

Sindi