Cannon [Camera] Support

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 20:11 +0000, Mark C. Miller wrote:
> Is it just me, or does Canon not like Linus very much?  I have a computer 
> running Ubuntu 9.04.
> 
> I have a Cannon camera.
> 
> When I plug the camera into one of the usb ports, the camera" mounts and 
> I can maneuver to the files on the camera's memory (SD card).  I can't no 
> matter what I try to do, transfer the files to the Ubuntu computer's hard 
> drive.  I tried to "select all" -- didn't work.  Tried to move just one 
> file -- didn't work.  Tried to use fspot -- didn't work.
> 
> Moved the whole thing over to my windows computer.  Worked like a champ.  
> I could access the camera through "my computer" and use the Canon-
> supplied software of course.
> 
> No I'm stuck with  pictures on my PC and my photo library on the Ubuntu 
> box.  I'll just burn the pics to CD and deal with it that way.
> 
> But what is it with Canon and Ubuntu?  I've had two canon printers that 
> wouldn't work on Ubuntu.  My HP printers work right out of the box; so 
> did a Brother.  The Canon I had to search all over the place for drivers 
> and never did find ones that worked.
> 
> I'd appreciate an education on Canon and Ubuntu. I'm not ready to start 
> bad-mouthing Canon, but am really close.

  Try and use Digicam, it should handle the file transfer and organizing
of your picture files.