Import Photo's problem on Edgy

[Cybe R. Wizard]

"Mitch Contla" <mcontla at gmail.com>  said:
> On 4/3/07, Paul Thompson <ubantu001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I plug my camera's into my PC's (Cannon IXUS55 and a G5
> > Powershot) usb port I get the following message when the Import
> > Photo's dialog comes up:-
> >
> > An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB
> > device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted).
> > Make sure no other program or kernel module (such as sdc2xx, stv680,
> > spca50x) is using the device and you have read/write access to the
> > device.
> >
> > This happens on two different laptops, both running up todate
> > versions of Edgy. I have checked fstab and both camera's are in it.
> >
> > On another PC running Dapper, everything is working without a
> > problem.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a fix for this?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Paul Thompson
> >
> 
> It's late, so I don't have time or energy to explain... just see
> these two bug reports:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgphoto2/+bug/91063
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgphoto2/+bug/91250
> 
Somehow I missed the original post.  Anyway, my Canon Powershot A510
showed the same problem when I upgraded to Edgy.  Slipping the
memory card into a card reader solved it for me.

Cybe R. Wizard
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