On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 07:51, Magnus Therning wrote:
> I am simply using the Debian package of gphoto2. Still haven't had time
> to look through any of the documentation, but I would assume that it at
> least is set up with reasonable defaults... any pointers that would
> speed me up in my search are of course welcome :-)
I've just got an "SQ chip" camera (Vivitar Vivicam 5B) working from no=20
previous experience on SuSE 9.0, so I'll share my tips with you.
=46rom the mailing list archive it seems there have been substantial=20
improvements in the SQ chip driver in the last months. It is probably worth=
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checking out the CVS version of libgphoto2.
RTFM on setting up usb permissions=20
http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html
on SuSE 9.0 this chip wasn't included in the default list of usb cameras. S=
o=20
there is a good chance its not for Debian either. Following the instruction=
s=20
on this page got it working properly. As an alternative - not advised - try=
=20
running gphoto2 as root and see if it can detect the camera - if it can you=
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really want to follow these instructions.
That was all I needed to get mine working.=20
Regards
Gordon
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Gordon Keith
Programmer/Data Analyst
Marine Acoustics
CSIRO Marine Research
http://www.marine.csiro.au
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers"
=2D Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
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