backported libgphoto can't import from canon S1 IS version from egdy does

[Mateusz Holysz]

after upgrade to backported version 2.3.0 it is not possibble to import photo from Canon S1 IS (ptp mode). Program says that usb port can't be reached (used)

Please refer to:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=381431

and

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=381066

[John Dong (jdong)]

Should be fixed in the ~edgy2 release of the backport. Reopen if not.

[tartanpion (rombaut-gerald)]

The problem is not fixed for many users (canon powershot a620 in my case, ptp mode).
see the french forum :
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=99131&p=1

[hbbk (hbbk)]

I can confirm, this bug still exist and BTW is not specific to canon S1, I have the same pb with finepix F30 (maybe not exactly the same pb as my camera is recognized but I can't read it from within digikam for ex - it was ok before the last upgrade).

[John Dong (jdong)]

Yikes.... umm, do these cameras work with the Feisty beta?

[tartanpion (rombaut-gerald)]

it seems to be a permission problem, tips like
- sudo chmod 666 /dev/bus/usb/00*/* ... or
- gksudo gnome-volume-manager-gthumb %h
help to import photo.

[John Dong (jdong)]

Can you ls -al /dev/bus/usb/00*/*

[Kristof Bajnok (bajnokk)]

Changing permissions of /dev/bus/usb/00*/* has solved the problem.
Maybe group owner of the devices should be something a normal local user belongs to. By default it is root:root mode 660.

[Serge Hartmann (shartmann)]

For a Canon Powershot S45 woking on edgy, and now failing on feisty with libgphoto2-2_2.3.0-0ubuntu4 - I unsuccessfully tried :
- forcing vendor/device id's to group lugdev in /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libgphoto2.rules
- in the same file, changing line BUS!="usb*", GOTO="libgphoto2_rules_end"
   by BUS!="usb_device*", GOTO="libgphoto2_rules_end"
   or SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", GOTO="libgphoto2_rules_end" (and other suggetstions)
- changing rights on /dev/bus/usb/00*/*
A lot of topics in forums reveals the same problem with Canon cameras, libgphoto 2.3.0 for feity or edgy-backports.
The camera is well detected, but the system cannot read any files on it.

[Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall)]

edgy is dead, if this is still an issue on modern releases, please file bugs there.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Since 8.04 we are using a more flexible approach of granting device access (not with udev rules any more), so I think this is fixed in current releases.