Epson scanner and Nikon Coolpix "Just Work"TM

[PeteJ]

Hi all,

Ubuntu newbie convert here, linux since Dad gave me SuSE 6.4.

I hope to save folks the 6-8 hours of trouble and problems that I just
spent trying to get pictures from my nikon coolpix 2000 (nikon digital
camera e2000) in ptp mode via usb cable.  

Thanks to all those posts that gave various hints and insights to get
me here.  

On the camera:  Turn it off.  Unplug it from usb cable.  Turn it on,
push menu, scroll down to setup menu, push right arrow, scroll down to
usb (below language), push right arrow, scroll up to ptp, push right
arrow, push menu to exit, turn off camera.  Plug it into usb cable
connected to computer.  

Here's some computer system info.  I'm using ubuntu warty warthog 4.10.
I've probably done a lot of repository changes and synaptic and/or
apt-get installs of many packages that may or may not be relevant to
cameras (do we need to specify that cameras are "digital" here? :^) ).

Here is some relevant state of my machine outputs.  Let me know if I
forgot something or snipped over-zealously:

petjal at ubuntu:~ $ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.8.1-4-386 #1 Fri Jan 14 11:19:34 UTC 2005 i686
GNU/Linux

petjal at ubuntu:~ $ mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)

petjal at ubuntu:~ $ ls /dev/sd*
ls: /dev/sd*: No such file or directory

petjal at ubuntu:~ $ tail /var/log/messages
<snip>
Feb 19 10:19:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device
using address 2
Feb 19 10:20:00 localhost usb.agent[3863]:      libgphoto2: loaded
successfully

petjal at ubuntu:~ $ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
<snip>
uhci_hcd               29328  0
usbcore               104292  3 uhci_hcd
pci_hotplug            30640  0
<snip>
sg                     35104  0
scsi_mod              115148  1 sg
<snip>

petjal at ubuntu:~ $ cat /etc/modules
<snip>
psmouse
mousedev
ide-cd
ide-disk
ide-generic
lp
floppy
sg
petjal at ubuntu:~ $ # I know added sg to /etc/modules, but not sure if I
had to.
petjal at ubuntu:~ $ # After 8 hours of this, I'm too exhausted to test
removing it.

petjal at ubuntu:~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b0:0302 Nikon Corp. Coolpix 2000 (ptp)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

#BE PATIENT.  It takes a few seconds for the computer to get ready for
gphoto2 to see the camera.  That is, plugging in the camera, turning it
on, and quickly running gphoto2 will fail.

petjal at ubuntu:~/docs/pix $ gphoto2 --auto-detect
Model                          Port
----------------------------------------------------------
Nikon Coolpix 2000 (PTP mode)  usb:

petjal at ubuntu:~/docs/pix $ gphoto2 -a
Abilities for camera             : Nikon Coolpix 2000 (PTP mode)
Serial port support              : no
USB support                      : yes
Capture choices                  :
: Capture not supported by the driver
Configuration support            : yes
Delete files on camera support   : yes
File preview (thumbnail) support : yes
File upload support              : yes

petjal at ubuntu:~/docs/pix $ gphoto2 -P
Downloading 'DSCN0121.JPG' from folder
'/store_00010001/DCIM/102NIKON'...
Saving file as DSCN0121.JPG
<snip>

petjal at ubuntu:~/docs/pix $ ls
AUTPRINT.MRK  DSCN0123.JPG  DSCN0126.JPG  DSCN0129.JPG  DSCN0132.JPG
DSCN0121.JPG  DSCN0124.JPG  DSCN0127.JPG  DSCN0130.JPG
DSCN0122.JPG  DSCN0125.JPG  DSCN0128.JPG  DSCN0131.JPG

pimp seemed promising, but I didn't (and still don't) know what camera
mountpoint to give it.

Good luck!
Pete


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PeteJ