[Digikam-users] digikam fails to delete pictures from Canon PowerShot A85

[Luis Bernardo]

I had similar problems when running Fedora 4. Once I upgraded to Fedora 
5 they disappeared. So I think it was not a digikam issue at all, in my 
case.

Richard E Miles wrote:
> On Sat, 6 May 2006 11:52:34 +0200
> Caulier Gilles <caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Le Samedi 06 Mai 2006 01:18 AM, Richard E Miles a écrit :
>>     
>>> On Sat, 6 May 2006 01:12:53 +0200
>>>
>>> Caulier Gilles <caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Le Samedi 06 Mai 2006 12:09 AM, Richard E Miles a écrit :
>>>>         
>>>>> On Fri, 5 May 2006 23:46:06 +0200
>>>>>
>>>>> Caulier Gilles <caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Le Vendredi 05 Mai 2006 10:39 PM, Richard E Miles a écrit :
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> On Fri, 5 May 2006 17:32:20 +0200
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fabrice Flore-Thebault <fab at centsix.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> Le Mardi 2 Mai 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles a écrit :
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>> I have noticed that most of the time when I try to delete all
>>>>>>>>> the pictures from the Canon PowerShot A85 camera that a popup
>>>>>>>>> window with failed to delete picture occurs. Is this a problem
>>>>>>>>> with digikam for this type of camera or are other people
>>>>>>>>> experiencing this problem with other cameras? I have to use the
>>>>>>>>> camera to delete the pictures.
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> Don't know if it could help you :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I experienced such a problem with a broken CompactFlash card (in
>>>>>>>> fact some kind of Microdrive made by Magicstore). The card was
>>>>>>>> the problem, not the camera nor any card reader.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have you tried with another CF card ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you have any CF reader you could use to test if the problem
>>>>>>>> comes more from the card or from the camera ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (Anyway, my point is that a (PCMIA or USB) card reader is
>>>>>>>> definitively simpler and safer to use, and far more friendly for
>>>>>>>> the camera batteries.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Fabrice Flore-Thébault
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>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> Thanks for your answer. I do not have a CF reader. The compact
>>>>>>> flash card was given to me along with the camera by my wife. She
>>>>>>> had used the camera and compact flash card for about a year and a
>>>>>>> half before giving it to me. She uses iphoto and an apple imac
>>>>>>> computer. She never had any problems erasing the images from the
>>>>>>> camera using that software. I can erase the images using the camera
>>>>>>> but it is more convenient to use digikam. Do compact flash cards
>>>>>>> wear out with alot of usage?
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Check camera files properties in camera interface using item op-up
>>>>>> menu. file is Read only ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you using UMS or gphoto2 driver ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
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>>>>> I'm using gphoto2 driver. I dont see op-up menu in digikam?
>>>>>           
>>>> I think that you use stable release, 0.8.1. In camera GUI, select an item
>>>> from your camera and click with right button : a pop up menu will appear.
>>>> Choose Properties option and look Read and Write flags.
>>>>
>>>> Gilles
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>>> okay the thumnail image says read and write permissions unknown.
>>>       
>> These informations are provided by gphoto drivers, not digiKam itself. Witch 
>> libgphoto2 version you use. Have you tried to use (for testing (:=))) the 
>> gphoto2 command line tool instead (to remove a file on your camera) ?
>>
>> Gilles
>>     
>
> I have not used gphot2 from the command line. It has a delete-all-files from folder option. Is that the command to use?
> I am using libgphoto2 version 2.2.4
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