[kde-linux] device manager doesn't give the option to open with dolphin with kodak c140

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 13 February 2010 15:46:06 Duncan wrote:
> yahoo-pier_andreit posted on Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:04:58 +0100 as excerpted:
> > suse linux 11.2 with kde4.4
> > if I plug my kodak easyshare c140 camera by usb cable, it is recoinized
> > as removable device but device manager give me only the option to
> > download pictures by digikam, I would like to open it with dolphin like
> > the previous camera, how can I do this? thanks for any response
> 
> Device manager is setup such that if it sees a mountable filesystem, it
> will offer to open it with the file manager (dolphin, konqueror, etc,
> whatever your default is configured as).  However, not all such devices
> appear as mountable filesystems -- that is, some of them are loaded with
> the kernel's mass storage driver (and thus have mountable filesystems),
> while others use a less standard scheme that the dedicated app (camera app
> for images, music app for music) understands, but that isn't exposed as a
> generally mountable filesystem using the kernel's mass storage driver.
> 
> I suspect that's what's happening in your case.  You could check the logs
> and see...

Kodak cameras are known for this.  I don't know which other ones are similar, 
but Kodak have never used the standard mountable filesystem.

Anne
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