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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> Found my camera.
>
> > 3) Plug in and turn on your camera.
>
> I had to select "PC Connect" from my camera's onscreen menu.

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. On USB cameras the camera detects
whether a PC is attached to the other side of the cable and, if so,
automatically starts waiting for commands. I suppose it is harder for
serial cameras to do that. I will tell potential users to check for
such a "PC Connect" option and select it, if necessary.

> > 4) Execute 'gphoto2 --port=serial:/dev/ttyS0 --camera="Camera name"
>
> I think it should be: --port=/dev/ttyS0

The manpage and manual suggested --port=serial:/dev... I will suggest
--port=/dev if it works, since this method is simpler.

> It seems to be working fine.  Here's what I did step
> by step in BL3.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> unzip bl3-40.zip
> boot
> pkg /DOS/baslin/gphoto2.tgz
> insmod cdrom
> insmod ide-cd
> insmod isofs
> mount /dev/hdc /mnt
> pkg /mnt/slakware/a7/ldso.tgz
> gphoto2 --list-cameras
> gphoto2 --port=/dev/ttyS1 --camera="Kodak DC3200" -P
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Then it transfered all 20 files from the camera.
> Well done, David, it works fine with my DC3200.

Thank you for testing this with your camera.

> My I suggest that you add the necessary stuff from
> ldso.tgz to your gphoto2.tgz.  That would make the
> installation much simpler for users.

That's a good idea. I think, but am not certain, that the necessary
file is ld-linux.so.1.9.9, symlinked to ld-linux.so.1. (BL3 has
version 1.9.7 which doesn't appear to work.) I added this file, plus a
command to make the symlink in doinst.sh, and it seems to work now on
a default BL3.40 installation. I am currently uploading the updated,
~950K package. Please report if I broke anything.

Thanks,
David