Mounting a SD card: successfully outside the camera, no luck when trying it via the camera and USB cable.

[Nils Kassube]

Bas G. Roufs in English wrote:
> until some versions ago, I did manage to mount a camera SD card in two
> ways: *  by simply taking out the SD card out of the camera, after
> which I put the card into the card reader from my laptop;
>      *  by connecting the camera with my laptop via a USB cable, while
> leaving the card in the camera.
> The first method still works perfectly well - I am relying on it now,
> because the other method is seemingly unavailable.  When trying to
> connect via the cable, mounting the camera seems to stop somewhere
> half way. Ever since probably Kubuntu/ ?*Ubuntu 12.04, the system
> DOES see the camera, however NOT the photo files, when trying to
> connect via the cable.

Can you explain what happens when you connect the camera? Does the 
device notifier pop up to show that the camera was inserted? And what 
type of camera is it? Maybe there is a problem with your type of camera.


Nils