"Error initializing camera: -53: Could not claim the USB device"

Fri Sep 26 20:14:14 UTC 2014

Hi John,
Yeah, I am sorry to send you on a detour, but fortunately with this OS,
you can easily contact developers, or (if you program) fix it yourself.

A pain free solution, would be to use a different file manager such as
Thunar, or Nautilus, though you will have to change some settings to get
everything to work just the way you want it to.

On 09/26/2014 09:58 AM, John Hupp wrote:
> This has the feel of the beginning of the kind of detour I want to
> avoid now, but OK, this much I have now done.  If they run with it and
> deliver a solution, it will be worthwhile.
>
> On 9/25/2014 9:23 PM, Israel wrote:
>> Hi John,
>> It seems that this *may* be a bug in PCManFM.
>>
>> You might point the developers to this bug.
>> Here is their mailing list:
>>
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pcmanfm-develop
>>
>> My reasoning is, if Shotwell can find it correctly, then the backend
>> MUST work (except the error -53)
>> Unless the libfm backend doesn't work right...
>> Either way, I think the pcmanfm devs will be able to fix this, and
>> would probably appreciate your report.  You are always very detailed
>> and very rigorous in your testing, and can give reliable tests to
>> reproduce this bug.
>>
>> On 09/25/2014 12:21 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>> New developments:
>>>
>>> I dug up some old testing info from another problem and see that I
>>> was using
>>> $ gvfs-mount -s gphoto2
>>> to unmount gvfs filesystems (used for all cameras supporting the PTP
>>> standard for photo transfers)
>>>
>>> But to use gvfs-mount, you have to first install gvfs-bin.
>>>
>>> But in any case that now seems unnecessary.  Once in PCManFM, one
>>> can eject/unmount any of the filesystems displayed for the camera,
>>> and it will unmount all of them.  One of the displayed filesystems
>>> will disappear from PCManFM at that point, and the other one or two
>>> will remain displayed (thereby reflecting some status as recognized
>>> or available, but not mounted).  The camera is ready to be unplugged.
>>>
>>> But there is still a lot of buggy behavior here.  Either by PCManFM,
>>> or perhaps by gvfs at the bottom of it.  Some problems:
>>> - The Kodak EasyShare C182 error when plugged in: "Error
>>> initializing camera: -53: Could not claim the USB device."
>>> - Multiple filesystems are represented.  Two for the Canon Powershot
>>> G1, both with matching contents.  Three for the Kodak EasyShare
>>> C182; some or all of the contents are duplicated.
>>> - There is another error if you do not initially mount the camera
>>> storage in PCManFM, but say, in Shotwell, then close that and try to
>>> mount in PCManFM.  I didn't record the error but it duplicates reliably.
>>>
>>> These bad behaviors are more troubling because opening PCManFM when
>>> plugging in a camera is the only option offered by default.  On
>>> account of that I hope someone has time to better define the bug(s)
>>> and pursue the problem.  (I've undertaken several of these
>>> mis/adventures.  It is sometimes a long road, and now would be a bad
>>> time for me take a big detour.)
>>>
>>> That reference to Shotwell brings me to another point.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Looking for a less troubling and confusing user experience, I found
>>> it reported that Shotwell is the default photo manager for Ubuntu
>>> 14.04.  It's available via Synaptic and only installs a few small
>>> dependencies.  Total download was 12.5 MB as I recall.
>>>
>>> Now plugging in a camera results in Shotwell being offered alongside
>>> the file manager as choices to mount the storage.  There is also a
>>> checkbox where one could choose to always use Shotwell instead of
>>> being offered the choice.  (Though for the Kodak there is still the
>>> Error -53 popup to OK through.)
>>>
>>> The Shotwell interface reasonably shows just one filesystem
>>> represented for either the Canon or the Kodak.  When one is done
>>> previewing/importing and closes Shotwell, it automatically unmounts
>>> the camera storage once again, and the camera can be unplugged.
>>>
>>> That's better!
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> All the same, I hope someone pursues and fixes this.  I prefer
>>> Lubuntu's initial default of using PCManFM for camera downloads --
>>> it's just not working well now.
>>>
>>> --John
>>>
>>> On 9/23/2014 10:18 PM, Israel wrote:
>>>> Hi John!
>>>> I would check out some of the documentation on the gvfs...
>>>> However you can try
>>>> gvfs-mount --unmount /<location>/
>>>> where <location> is the actual location.
>>>> You can also use
>>>> gvfs-mount -o
>>>> to watch what it is dong when you plug it in.
>>>> (it monitors the output)
>>>> man gvfs-mount
>>>> will give you more information.
>>>> You can also type
>>>> man gvfs<TAB><TAB>
>>>> (Use the actual TAB key) to see all the gvfs related commands listed.
>>>> This should at least get you pointed in the right direction
>>>>
>>>> On 09/23/2014 05:29 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>>>> I plugged a Kodak EasyShare C182 (supporting PTP file transfer)
>>>>> into a 14.04.1 desktop today over USB and it responded with:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Error initializing camera: -53: Could not claim the USB device"
>>>>>
>>>>> OK'ing out of that, it then offered to open the device in the file
>>>>> manager, where it had mounted 3 devices.  One with no contents,
>>>>> another with DCIM and MISC folders, and another with
>>>>> something-store1 and something-store2 folders.  (I suppose there
>>>>> would be separate devices for internal memory and an SD card, but
>>>>> I don't know why there would be 3 devices.)
>>>>>
>>>>> It was then only possible to unmount 1 of the 3 devices.  To
>>>>> prevent corruption, I powered down the PC before unplugging the
>>>>> camera.
>>>>>
>>>>> Under 13.04, it responded:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device"
>>>>>
>>>>> And then it opened in the file manager, again showing 3 devices,
>>>>> only one of which I could unmount, so again I powered down to
>>>>> disconnect.
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> For a partial comparison, I plugged a Canon Powershot G1 into the
>>>>> 14.04.1 desktop and there was no error, it offered to open in file
>>>>> manager, and it mounted 2 devices, both with DCIM and MISC
>>>>> folders.  I was only able to unmount one of the devices and so
>>>>> powered down to disconnect.
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Searching for non-ancient explanations (of which there are many),
>>>>> I did find this popular bug:
>>>>>
>>>>> PTP Cameras not working on 14.04, works flawlessly on 12.04
>>>>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1296275>
>>>>>
>>>>> But that report does not reference either of these errors, and
>>>>> this machine already has the prescribed libghoto2 update that
>>>>> should fix the described bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is also this Launchpad Answer regarding error -53, but it
>>>>> does not mention the unmount problem:
>>>>>
>>>>> Unable to fetch previews from the camera: Could not claim the USB
>>>>> device (-53)
>>>>> <https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shotwell/+question/157569>
>>>>>
>>>>> The errors and the unmount problem are both troubling, but if I
>>>>> could find a manual unmount command (perhaps with gvfs?), at least
>>>>> I would have a workaround that would not involve rebooting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have the lowdown on all this?  What's the best
>>>>> available solution?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards
>

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