Comment 32 for bug 258083

I have the following error in 9.10 running on Dell Mini 10v

"Error connecting to camera. Received error "Could not lock the device" while connecting to camera".

I receive the above error when taking the following steps.

1. Connect camera (Nikon P5100) via USB to the laptop
2. Turn on the camera
3. Open F-Spot
4. Click on Import button
5. Change Import Source to "Nikon Coolpix P5100 (PTP mode)

Note: I modified Nautilus (Edit --> Preferences --> Media tab) to "Do nothing" when a photo media is inserted.

When Nautilus is configured to "Always Ask" when a photo media is inserted, I receive the following error message.

"Error connecting to camera. Received error "I/O in progress" while connecting to camera"

I receive the above error when taking the following steps.

1. Connect camera (Nikon P5100) via USB to the laptop
2. Turn on the camera
3. When prompted (Window title is "Nikon DSC Coolpix P5100 PTP), select F-Spot to open the media

In both cases above, Nautilus does mount the storage media.

Why does this matter? After all, I can remove the SD media from the camera and insert it into the media slot on the camera.

It matters because there is no other way to select a few photos from the SD media and import into F-Spot. If the SD media card is inserted into the media slot and import, all 700+ of the images are imported, even if I use Ctrl+click.

I tried to manually copy the few photos I am interested to a temporary folder, but F-Spot does not allow selecting a folder to import from. In other words, the "Select Folder" in the Import window is misleading. It should say "Select media".

After spending several days, I am terribly frustrated with F-Spot. My wife who is a novice computer user is also frustrated with the F-Spot import functionality.