[digiKam-users] How to interpret DigiKam error message when connecting to camera

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I quite agree: "DK should allow the import". Sadly, DK doesn't agree with
us.

After almost 2 days of continuous playing around with this - focussing on
the automount factor - I have made zero progress. I note also that there is
very little available via Google search in the way of solutions, although
plenty of people have a similar problem. I can't understand this: I am able
to browse the content of the SD card in my USB connected camera from Nemo.
DK even autodetects the camera - and then tells me it is not connected,
when it clearly and effectively is.

I have to ask: was this function fully tested? The scenario suggests there
is some difference of opinion between Linux and DK. I'm not capable of
figuring this out. Yes, I could remove the SD card and use a card reader,
but this is a hassle and the card is not really meant to be repeatedly
removed from and re-inserted into the camera. The function to read from the
card while still in the camera is, apparently, a function of DK.

When will it be offered in a working form or when will effective
problem source identification procedures be provided (that's a question to
the developers)?

On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 12:39, Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info> wrote:

> You do need to dismount the camera.  I also run DK in Mint, when I plug
> the camera in I get a pop-up box asking what to do, open as folder, open
> with something else, etc, and there is an 'Unmount' button as well,
> click this and DK should allow the import. Alternatively if it is
> already mounted click on the up arrow to the right of the camera name in
> file explorer.
>
> Hope that helps.  Having to dismount to import did seem a bit odd to me
> as well:)
>
> Mick
>
> On 27/06/2020 00:06, tony Hamilton wrote:
> > I'm new to Digikam. I'm trying to ingest images into DK under linux
> > Mint 19.3 from my USB connected Fujifilm X-T20. The camera is
> > correctly identified by DK, but an error message says DK cannot
> > connect to the camera and asks me to make sure the camera is connected
> > properly and switched on. I believe that both of these requirements
> > are met because other apps. (XnView, Rapid Photo Downloader, Mint file
> > explorer) can read the camera SD card. The error message is
> > misleading, possibly wrong. How do I make DigiKam present the real
> > problem it is having, so that I can ingest images from the camera?
> >
> > Under windows, on another computer, DK is unable to detect the camera
> > and I don't understand the settings to be entered to manually identify
> > the camera to DK. How to I set these parameters?
> >
>
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