digital camera

[garskoci]

Hello - I just picked up a digital camera. 50% off at K-MART! It's a Canon PowerShot A20. Has anyone been able to get a digital camera work on Linux? I'm running R.H. 7.1. Thabks for any help.

[trommaster]

take a look at
http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?2490
this is what came up with a google search on "cannon digital camera howto"
(http://www.google.com/search?q=canno...=Google+Search)
hope it helps

ALastair

[JimH]

Upgrade to the new Red Hat 7.3 it comes with gphoto2. According to the gphoto website gphoto2 has support for your new camera. ;D RH 7.3 comes with two different GUI interfaces for gphoto2. From the release notes.

" The gPhoto2 package has been added to the distribution. gPhoto2 is
a software application and interface library for digital cameras.
The gPhoto2 package also includes gtKam, a graphical digital
camera interface that uses gPhoto2. Kamera, a Konqueror plugin for
digital cameras, has been added, as well. The older gphoto
application (0.4.3) is deprecated and may be removed in a future
release."

Jim H

[garskoci]

Thanks for the advice. 7.3 hmmmmmmm.... I haven't done an upgrade yet. Is it possible to cork my whole machine?

[JimH]

Thanks for the advice. 7.3 hmmmmmmm.... I haven't done an upgrade yet. Is it possible to cork my whole machine?

Upgrading point releases is usually very smooth. Just boot from the cd, answer a couple of questions, choose upgrade, let it grind away for a while, reboot and your done. ;D Hopefully.

I started gtKam and looked at the list of camera choices under "select camera" and your new camera is listed. ;D

Jim H

[garskoci]

Thanks for the comments and advice. I will do the upgrade, test the camera and post the results. Just in case someone else comes down the same path. Thanks again.