cannot load photos from iphone 8

apolinsky · 05-20-2022, 03:06 PM

I took a few photos on my Iphone 8 today,but when I plug it into my Slackware 15 machine no photos can be viewed. I am presented with a few options on plugging it in. If I choose Gwenview to download photos, I get the response "Could not read. Reason: Could not claim USB device. Trying Digikam you get the response: "failed to connect to the camera. Make sure it is connected properly and turned on. Choosing "mount" does nothing. I would prefer to not have to connect the phone to a Windows machine.

Thank you.

Tonus · 05-20-2022, 03:11 PM

I believe those having no iPhone could help more with at least the output of lsusb.

apolinsky · 05-20-2022, 03:15 PM

Even though it is an Iphone 8, lsusb reports:

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 05ac:12a8 Apple, Inc. iPhone 5/5C/5S/6/SE

I am on Slackware 15 with all current updates

marav · 05-20-2022, 03:18 PM

No problem here, with digikam + iphone 8 plus

- plug the phone
- unlock the phone
- choose : Download pictures with digikam

What also worked:
- plug the phone
- choose : Download pictures with digikam
- unlock the phone

apolinsky · 05-20-2022, 03:24 PM

I actually have an Iphone 8 plus. I tried each of your suggestions with no success.

apolinsky · 05-20-2022, 03:36 PM

I just plugged the phone into my laptop and got a query one the phone "trust this computer" When I replied "yes" I could download all photos. There must be a setting on the phone about trust, but so far I haven't located it.

henca · 05-20-2022, 03:41 PM

My guess is that you are going to need an udev rule to be able to download pictures as an ordinary user. This is what I have on my Slackware 14.2 system to be able to download from some cameras:

/etc/udev/rules.d/91-camera.rules

Code:

# Nikon D200
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0410", MODE="666"
# Nikon D300
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="041a", MODE="666"
# Nikon D700
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0422", MODE="666"
# Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3147", MODE="666"
# Cameras using PTP
PROGRAM="check-ptp-camera 06/01/01", MODE="0666"

Usually, when you connect something by USB only root will be able to access that device. The part
MODE="666"
will give read and write access also to ordinary users. My guess is that you will need a line looking something like this:

Code:

# Iphone 8
ATTRS{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTRS{idProduct}=="12a8", MODE="666"

But you could also try the PTP rule from my file.

regards Henrik

henca · 05-20-2022, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by henca

My guess is that you are going to need an udev rule to be able to download pictures as an ordinary user.

This guessing was done before I saw your post about settings on the iphone.

regards Henrik

apolinsky · 05-20-2022, 04:06 PM

Henrik:

Thanks for your suggestions, but I'm afraid that adding the udev rules did not help. I'll explore the Iphone realm...

apolinsky · 05-22-2022, 07:33 AM

I tried exploring various Iphone possibilities with zero success. In view of my infrequent Iphone photo use, I've decided to just relegate uploading of photos to my laptop until I can find an appropriate Slackware alternative. It was suggested that I install an Iphone ifuse utility located on Slackbuilds which is supposed to handle Apple devices. Unfortunately that utility did not help. I have contacted the maintainer of that package to see whether he can help but have yet to receive a response.

marav · 05-22-2022, 07:37 AM

A workaround could be to install iFuse

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/ifuse/

apolinsky · 05-22-2022, 08:02 AM

I want to thank everyone, especially Alien Bob and Marav for all their suggestions. Perhaps a functional Slackware solution will be developed in time. I must admit I was lucky I didn't delete my one non Slackware Linux device. Over time I've repurposed Ubuntu and Centos based machines because I just feel completely comfortable with the Slackware philosophy of not making radical changes. Until this incident, I was going to repurpose the Debian partition with Slackware, but that will be put on hold.