[ale] USB Cam (LONG)

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at attbi.com
Sat Dec 28 23:54:45 EST 2002


Geoffrey -

I probably should have clarified this initially - the camera stores
images internally OR it can use a SmartMedia card.  However, I do not
yet have one.  IIRC, I was trying to mount /dev/sda /mnt/cam after
having first mkdired /mnt/cam.

- Jeff

On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 23:24, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > I have a concern, though - and in revealing it, I plan to reveal
> > considerable ignorance regarding USB, SmartCards, etc.
> > 
> > Won't the cam write images to the SmartMedia card in the same manner
> > that it writes them internally?  Or, is the SmartMedia card's "file
> > format" universal among SmartMedia cards?
> 
> How did you try to mount the camera?  Does the camera have a removable 
> media, or does it store the images internally?
> 
> My sony cam has a memory stick which mounts as vfat.
> 
> > 
> > By the way, at Ginstar, I saw a 6-in-1 card reader - a doohickey (I
> > think it was USB) that installed into a floppy bay and appeared to
> > accept SmartMedia cards, Sony Memory Sticks, and a few other similar
> > things.  Are those readers usable under Linux?
> > 
> > - Jeff
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 09:53, Dow Hurst wrote:
> > 
> >>Seems to me a card reader would solve this problem.  I've had no 
> >>experience with digital camera's to speak of.  Just borrowed one once 
> >>and used the Win based software on someone else's system to get the 
> >>pictures out.  Sound's like you need a card reader.
> >>Dow
> >>
> >>
> >>Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello, all, and Merry Christmas!
> >>>
> >>>A few days ago I got a Vivitar 3555T USB digital still camera as a
> >>>gift.  For jollies, when I got it home, I hooked it up to my Mandrake
> >>>9,0 box to see what it would do.
> >>>
> >>>Here's dmesg from the encounter, during which I tried to mount the
> >>>device using several -t options:
> >>>
> >>>hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/1, assigned device number 2
> >>>usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x461/0x822) is not claimed by any active
> >>>driver.
> >>>Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> >>>usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
> >>>scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> >>> Vendor: Digital   Model: Image Device      Rev: 1.00
> >>> Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >>>WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
> >>>USB Mass Storage device found at 2
> >>>USB Mass Storage support registered.
> >>><scissors of brevity>
> >>>Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1460
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>><******this repeats several times, notes the scissors of brevity******>
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
> >>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1684
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 130
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 461
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
> >>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> >>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> >>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>unable to read partition table
> >>>usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2
> >>>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
> >>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
> >>>sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
> >>>sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
> >>>Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
> >>>sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
> >>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
> >>>sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
> >>>sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
> >>>Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
> >>>sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
> >>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >>>
> >>>Here is the output of cat /proc/filesystems:
> >>>
> >>>nodev   rootfs
> >>>nodev   bdev
> >>>nodev   proc
> >>>nodev   sockfs
> >>>nodev   tmpfs
> >>>nodev   shm
> >>>nodev   pipefs
> >>>       ext2
> >>>nodev   ramfs
> >>>nodev   devfs
> >>>nodev   devpts
> >>>       ext3
> >>>nodev   usbdevfs
> >>>nodev   usbfs
> >>>nodev   supermount
> >>>       udf
> >>>       iso9660
> >>>nodev   smbfs
> >>>       vfat
> >>>       msdos
> >>>
> >>>The cam can be "browsed" from WinME once the accompanying CD's drivers
> >>>and software are installed.
> >>>
> >>>Is this failing because it's got some weird filesystem inside it?  Would
> >>>using a SmartCard reader get me around this problem or is this pretty
> >>>much a "Wincamera?"  Google helped me not.  
> >>>
> >>>- Jeff
> >>>
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