PTP import

[Richard B. Emerson]

There's always "Plan B":d/l the images to the machine directly and then let
digiKam handle them from there. Sure, it's an extra step or two. Given the
current problem, though, it may be the easiest way to fix the problem. :)

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 5:49 AM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, the PTP protocol is implement through Gphoto2 driver. If this kind
> of error appear, this can be a dysfunction located in Gphoto2 driver.
>
> To have more details about, run the appimage from a console and look debug
> trace printed while you try to read the phone contents.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2018-02-11 4:30 GMT+01:00 Tony Bazeley <tonyb at sa.apana.org.au>:
>
>> I'm a bit new to digikam, and having trouble with import procedures.
>> Am trying to import from a Huawei P9 phone, configured to PTP mode.
>>
>> Trying to import using the generic USB PTP Class camera or the digikam
>> suggested option "Huawei P9 Plus" both yield the same error:
>> *"Failed to connect to the camera. Please make sure it is connected
>> properly and turned on."*
>>
>>
>> I'm using digikam-5.8.0-01-x86-64 under Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
>>
>> Would very much appreciate any thoughts on how to proceed.
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>>
>
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