Need help with cameras

[dpwilson]

I've looked all over the internet for an answer to this problem. Maybe I am the only one experiencing it.

I am running ubuntu 10.10 and have problems getting pictures from my camera using any photo program (f-spot, picasa, etc). When I plug in the camera, it shows up in "Places" and under "Computer", it even brings up f-spot or whatever I have set to open under media handling in the nautilus preferences, however, when f-spot or picasa open, the camera is listed, but there are no pictures detected. I have removed and re-installed f-spot and picasa with the same results. I believe I even removed the config files for them before re-installing them.

I can open the camera in nautilus and drag them to a folder from the card. If I remove the card from the camera and use a card reader I can import the photos using fspot, picasa or any other photo program. I just cant figure out why f-spot or picasa cant get them from the camera as they have in past verisons. This is not limited to one camera, it happens with a canon and a Nikon.

I hope thats not too much info and is not too confusing. The camera(s) show up in lsusb.

Thanks for any help/advice in advance.

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

I don't run Ubuntu so don't know much about it but this HowTo might help if this is a USB mounting issue:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB

Maybe some Ubuntu users with cameras will chime in with more info for you.

[dpwilson]

Thanks for the response. I think the camera is mounting. It shows up , but for some reason I cant import the pictures off of it other than dragging them from the camera in nautilus. Seems like maybe some sort of permissions problem or something, but I am not an expert on that.

I downloaded gthumb and for some reason, it works and I am going to use it. I would definitely still like to figure out why the other programs wont import. I have never had a problem with any other versions and I have been using ubuntu since 7.04. Things just always worked.

I will keep searching and hopefully someone may be able to give me some input or point me in a direction to get this working.