Re: USB mass-storage (e.g. camera): how to access?

[David Zeuthen <david fubar dk>]

On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 14:50 +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> I just tried plugging in a USB camera, which acts as a mass storage
> device, and expected to be able to point and click to see the pictures
> on it.  Put there is nothing in the 'Computer' window to click on!
>
> How is this meant to work?  All I know is that it doesn't..
> 
> I have today's rawhide packages installed, upgraded from FC2 a couple
> of weeks ago.
> 

Is there an entry in /etc/fstab for the camera? I've noticed some issues
with gnome-vfs not properly detecting the changes in /etc/fstab
and /etc/mtab so 'pkill gnome-vfs; pkill nautilus' should do the trick
until that is resolved.

You also want to install gnome-volume-manager and select automount from
the 'Removable Storage' capplet (it's not yet enabled by default IIRC).

If this doesn't help please file a bug against hal.

Thanks,
David