[ale] USB Cam (LONG)

[Geoffrey]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I have a concern, though - and in revealing it, I plan to reveal
> considerable ignorance regarding USB, SmartCards, etc.
> 
> Won't the cam write images to the SmartMedia card in the same manner
> that it writes them internally?  Or, is the SmartMedia card's "file
> format" universal among SmartMedia cards?

How did you try to mount the camera?  Does the camera have a removable 
media, or does it store the images internally?

My sony cam has a memory stick which mounts as vfat.

> 
> By the way, at Ginstar, I saw a 6-in-1 card reader - a doohickey (I
> think it was USB) that installed into a floppy bay and appeared to
> accept SmartMedia cards, Sony Memory Sticks, and a few other similar
> things.  Are those readers usable under Linux?
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 09:53, Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
>>Seems to me a card reader would solve this problem.  I've had no 
>>experience with digital camera's to speak of.  Just borrowed one once 
>>and used the Win based software on someone else's system to get the 
>>pictures out.  Sound's like you need a card reader.
>>Dow
>>
>>
>>Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello, all, and Merry Christmas!
>>>
>>>A few days ago I got a Vivitar 3555T USB digital still camera as a
>>>gift.  For jollies, when I got it home, I hooked it up to my Mandrake
>>>9,0 box to see what it would do.
>>>
>>>Here's dmesg from the encounter, during which I tried to mount the
>>>device using several -t options:
>>>
>>>hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/1, assigned device number 2
>>>usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x461/0x822) is not claimed by any active
>>>driver.
>>>Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
>>>usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
>>>scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
>>> Vendor: Digital   Model: Image Device      Rev: 1.00
>>> Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>>>WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
>>>USB Mass Storage device found at 2
>>>USB Mass Storage support registered.
>>><scissors of brevity>
>>>Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1460
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>><******this repeats several times, notes the scissors of brevity******>
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
>>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1684
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 130
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 461
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>FAT: unable to read boot sector
>>>SCSI device (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>>>SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
>>>sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>unable to read partition table
>>>usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2
>>>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
>>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
>>>sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
>>>sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
>>>Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
>>>sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
>>>VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00
>>>sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
>>>sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
>>>Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
>>>sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
>>>/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>>>
>>>Here is the output of cat /proc/filesystems:
>>>
>>>nodev   rootfs
>>>nodev   bdev
>>>nodev   proc
>>>nodev   sockfs
>>>nodev   tmpfs
>>>nodev   shm
>>>nodev   pipefs
>>>       ext2
>>>nodev   ramfs
>>>nodev   devfs
>>>nodev   devpts
>>>       ext3
>>>nodev   usbdevfs
>>>nodev   usbfs
>>>nodev   supermount
>>>       udf
>>>       iso9660
>>>nodev   smbfs
>>>       vfat
>>>       msdos
>>>
>>>The cam can be "browsed" from WinME once the accompanying CD's drivers
>>>and software are installed.
>>>
>>>Is this failing because it's got some weird filesystem inside it?  Would
>>>using a SmartCard reader get me around this problem or is this pretty
>>>much a "Wincamera?"  Google helped me not.  
>>>
>>>- Jeff
>>>
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>>Dow Hurst                  Office: 770-499-3428
>>Systems Support Specialist    Fax: 770-423-6744
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>>Chemistry Department SC428  Email:dhurst at kennesaw.edu
>>Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
>>Kennesaw, GA 30144
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