Can't get my cannon camera to upload pictures to Ubuntu

DukeMoss · 11-10-2011, 01:08 PM

I am unable to get my cannon camera to upload to F-spot camera manager, does anyone know if I need a driver or a different photo manager for Ubuntu?? Anything will help thanks. oh and by the way I am new to Ubuntu but love it so far.

Thanks

SecretCode · 11-10-2011, 02:52 PM

Are you using a USB cable direct from the camera?

I find it much simpler to yank the SD card out of the camera, stick it in a card reader, and copy the files to the hard drive. No problems this way, and I find it faster than the USB interface.

Would that work for you?

Larry Webb · 11-10-2011, 02:59 PM

See if you have an entry in /etc/fstab for usb and if not add from terminal

sudo nano /etc/fstab

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0

Then you should be able to see it in your file manager or photo.

lugoteehalt · 11-11-2011, 12:27 AM

Don't know if this would be right for you, but personally use the very simple 'gphoto', perhaps gphoto2. Switch the camera to ptp, picture transfer protocol, is it? And just do gphoto --get-all or whatever the command is. This'll put the stuff on the computer and then you can do what you like with it.

Easier to use these very simple programs.

frankbell · 11-11-2011, 08:06 PM

If none of these suggestions work, try running the command lsusb from terminal. The output should indicate whether the computer is seeing the camera.

Post the output here, surrounding it in "code" tags, which are available when you click the "Go Advanced" button below, to make it more readable.

michaelk · 11-19-2011, 09:00 AM

DukeMoss,
As suggested if possible try changing modes (PTP, MSC). f-spot uses libgphoto so check here (http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php) to see if your camera is supported. If not then as suggest the easiest solution is to use a card reader.

azou91,
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.
Also check to see if you can change modes and the link to see if your camera is supported. Most Nikons use PTP. If so then take a look at f-spot. This is the GUI application for interfacing with cameras that do not use MSC (mass storage device) protocol.

azou91 · 11-19-2011, 09:25 AM

michaelk,

How do I change the mode though from PTP to MSC?

michaelk · 11-19-2011, 09:35 AM

azou91,
check the manual but most likely there is no option which is why you will need to use f-spot assuming you are using Gnome and assuming your model is supported.