ubuntu 10.10 not recognizing nikon coolpix usb digital camera device

[user1]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:12:53 +0000, user1 wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:04:45 +0000, user1 wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:50:11 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>> File system DCF, Exif 2.3, and DPOF compliant
>>> 
>>> Did you try all the options?
>> 
>> No, just what the camera handbook says
>>> 
>>>> Still looking but inserting the memory card into the SD slot of the
>>>> pc works ok
>> 
>>> Don't take offence, but I presume you have switched the camera on.
>> Handbook says it shall not be switched on. My first try worked well
>> without switching camera on.
> 
> Suddenly it worked and gave with dmesg command:
> 
> [ 7227.494607] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [
> 7227.676030] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26
> 15:32:10)
> [ 7227.785870] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [
> 7230.509860] wlan0: authenticate with 00:26:44:37:14:75 (try 1) [
> 7230.511375] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 7230.511826] wlan0: associate with 00:26:44:37:14:75 (try 1) [
> 7230.514291] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:44:37:14:75 (capab=0x411
> status=0 aid=1)
> [ 7230.514301] wlan0: associated
> [ 7230.516042] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [
> 7240.609041] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present [ 7839.848058] usb 1-2: new
> high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5

What I did not mention is that when it did not work I had inserted 
another sd memory of card of 128 mb from an older digital camera.

Now it works with the new memory card of 8 gb which I bought together 
with the Nikon camera