[xubuntu-users] USB camera being recognized

[Peter Flynn]

On 27/11/15 16:36, Carl Snyder wrote:
> If the camera is old enough, it _should_ be recognized and mounted as a
> USB memory device, 

I think it *is* being, in some fashion, given what I see:

>> Nov 26 22:13:36 noah kernel: [13486.544719] usbcore: registered
>> new interface driver spca500

> instead of a PTP, the same as if the memory card had been pulled and
> connected on its own.

If it had a memory card there wouldn't be a problem :-) except I'd also
like to use its webcam feature until I can afford a laptop with a
built-in one :-)

> I don't remember anyone
> recommending using [code]fdisk -l [/code] (lower case L) to find the
> device description, such as /dev/sdh , 

Unfortunately fdisk does not report on any USB device in existence.

> and mounting the camera manually, like: [code]sudo mkdir /media/camera
> sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdh /media/camera -o uid=1000,gid=1000[/code]
> This should mount the camera as a memory device owned by the user.

That would help, if a device had been created. But alas it hasn't been.

///Peter