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#672 Canon powershot s410 not detected
Hi,
My canon powershot s410 digital elph isn't recognised and I can't import in gthumb nor f-spot. The model is listed in gthumbs camera list but when i select it manually it still can't connect to the camera.
When I do: $ gphoto2 --auto-detect I get:
Model Port
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Canon Digital IXUS 430 (normal mode) usb:
While it's a canon powershot s410 digital elph, it seems it detects the camera wrong as an ixus in stead of the elph, maybe this is related to the problem?
Thanks.
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And when I ask to list files it works and does mention the correct model while not with --auto-detect:
gphoto2 --list-files
Detected a 'Canon:PowerShot S410 Digital ELPH (normal mode)'.
There are 57 files in folder '/'.
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the USB id is the same for hboth IXUS 430 and PowerShot S410,
and they are in fact the same camera.
This is a common branding difference between the US and Europe/Japan,
so for almost all Canon cameras there are 2 names.
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Ah ok, but I still have the problem that gthumb and f-spot can't connect to the camera to import pictures. They don't autodetect the camera and when I choose it manually from the camera list in gthumb I get an error message:
An error occurred in the io-library ('Bad parameters'): Could not find USB device (vendor 0x4a9, product 0x30ba). Make sure this device is connected to the computer.
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which distro?
if gphoto2 -L does work as user, then it likely is a different problem
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The distro I use is paldo, one of the devs of paldo said to me the problem might be gphoto related, also because the problem affects both f-spot and gthumb. Is there more info I could give which might help you track the problem?
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please check if the commandline tool works. (as user, and if it does not, then as root)
gphoto2 -L
if it works, it is likely a different problem.
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IXUS or ELPH it all depends on where you are. One is for america, the other for europe. It actually does not matter.
I have a S410 here and it is detected like you say, with it European name.
And it works perfectly.
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I suspect a lack of permissions here.
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Yes, you're completely right, that's been the problem. I already discovered it but still had to report it here. I had to add the user to the usb group which it wasn't part of at first and after that it works fine now.
Thanks for looking into it.
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then close. thanks!