Re: [gentoo-user] Gtkam getting on my nerves, again.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 02 Feb 2013 15:16:02 Dale wrote:
>> Mick wrote:
>>> On Saturday 02 Feb 2013 07:50:45 Dale wrote:
>> I found the config file, it was in .gphoto instead of gtkam.  That
>> helped.  I renamed it and it still does the same thing.  I played with
>> it a bit, it seems to just recall whatever was last used.  If I change
>> to a different directory, it just changes to the new location but still
>> saves to /home/dale even tho that is not what is recorded in the file.
>> So, it accepts what I tell it but does its own thing.  Weird.  
> Did it have a path in there for saving your photos?

It did but it changes when I try to save to another directory.  It sees
and stores the change but saves it to /home/dale/ no matter what.  I
tried saving some random pics to different places and it updates the
config file each time.  It ignores it but it does change the file
correctly. 

>
>
>> I noticed something else tho.  I don't have gphoto2 installed here.  I
>> have libgphoto2 tho.  Should I have gphoto2 installed too?
> No.
>
> gphoto2 is the CLI application for using libgphoto2.
>
> gtkam is the GUI application for using libgphoto2.
>
>
>> So, gtkam pulled in libgphoto2 but should it also pull in gphoto2?
> No.  Both gtkam and gphoto2 depend on the libgphoto2 library.  Just different 
> user fronts to access the same engine. 
>

OK.  That's not the problem then.  Moving on to something else. 

>>> Could this be a hardware fault with your camera; the USB cable; it's
>>> powersupply?
>> I wondered the same thing, everything else works fine.  I have a printer
>> and a cell phone that I use with it and I have used other cameras with
>> the same results.  So, it is weird that other devices work error free
>> but cameras have issues.  It does make one wonder what is up with that.
>> I may try one of the older style ports that is for USB1 devices.  Then
>> again, I think the camera is for the newer ports.  May have to look in
>> the manual again to be sure.
>>
>> Open to ideas still.
> I would do some simple series of dd read/write tests to see how the flash card 
> of the camera behaves compared to other USB devices.  If there is a 
> significant difference then the problem is probably device/hardware related, 
> rather than the application you use to access it with.
>
> Make sure you do not unplug it in haste.  It takes time for the I/O buffer to 
> empty when you are writing to it, despite what your terminal/GUI is telling 
> you.  If you have Gkrellms keep an eye on the Disk access to see when it 
> finished doing it and then unmount it cleanly.  I know you know all this, but 
> having been impatient myself and losing data I'd rather repeat it here, just 
> as a cautionary tale.  ;-)
>

Well, I also have a card reader and it works fine.  I don't have any USB
hard drives tho.  I do have a couple USB sticks and they work fine as
well.  The ONLY thing that gives me problems is cameras and the camera
software.  Everything else works fine.  I do find it odd that two
totally separate programs crash when accessing the camera tho.  Thing
is, I have used different cameras with the same results. 

I always tell it before I disconnect so it can sync and make sure
everything is safe. 

Any more ideas?  Thanks for the help.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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