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

[Richard E Miles]

On Tue, 9 May 2006 10:30:34 +0200
Caulier Gilles <caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:

> Le Mardi 09 Mai 2006 04:40 AM, Luis Bernardo a écrit :
> > 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.
> 
> 
> Right. This is a problem in Gphoto2 i think. I can reproduce this problem in 
> my computer with my Dynax 5D in PTP mode. Perhaps a right access with current 
> user to USB device link or something like that.
> 
> I will investiguate.
> 
> Richard, please check in B.K.O (bugzilla of KDE) if there is an entry about 
> this subject and post your comments at this place. Mailing isn't the right 
> place to store problems history. If there is no right entry, please make a 
> new one.
> 
> The url :
>  
> http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikam&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Gilles
> 
> >
> > 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
> > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
> > >>>>>>>> Digikam-users mailing list
> > >>>>>>>> Digikam-users at kde.org
> > >>>>>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> 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
> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> > >>>>>> Digikam-users mailing list
> > >>>>>> Digikam-users at kde.org
> > >>>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 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
> > >>>> _______________________________________________
> > >>>> Digikam-users mailing list
> > >>>> Digikam-users at kde.org
> > >>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
> > >>>
> > >>> 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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I have submitted bug# 127051 digikam fails to erase files from camera to the above kde bug tracking system.

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Richard Miles
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