[Digikam-users] no download possible via USB mass storage

[Arnd Baecker]

Hi Uwe,

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Uwe Haider wrote:

> I'am back - with the same problem.
>
> Yesterday I got roundabout 30 files down from my Casio Exilim Z9. Today
> not one...
>
> This (http://www.harald-schreiber.de/) I found - I think the download
> works here (yesterday)... so I got another problem...
>
> I am not sure what to do...
> Kernel 2.6.25 -gentoo-r7, digikam 0.9.4, xfce, external usb disk (320
> GB) - what else do you need?

Digikam uses gphoto2 to communicate with the camera, i.e.
it has no drivers itself.

You could try the following commands on the command-line
and report their output:
a) connect camera, what is the output of dmesg
   (only the camera related part)
b) gphoto2 -v
c) gphoto2 --list-ports
d) gphoto2 --auto-detect -L
e) gphoto2 --abilities
f) gphoto2 --list-folders
and post the output here.

Personally, I always use a card-reader to transfer the files
to the destination directory and then start digikam.



> Btw - digikam shows up a bit "oversized", so I have to move it around to
> get all pulldown menus. All other programs fit to my monitor. A problem
> of xfce? Or digikam?

What screen size do you have?
See also
 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168514
 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102500

Best, Arnd