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Odd issue with Digital Camera

Posted in Linux, ubuntu by microwavebiscuit on April 29th, 2007

I’ve been having an issue with my digital camera and connecting it to my Ubuntu pc. Here’s what happens, I plug it in and then it prompts me to import the pictures, etc. After I do that there is also a “disk” on my desktop that represents my camera. When I’m ready to disconnect my camera, I right click on the disk and choose “eject”. So far so good, however the next time I connect my camera it won’t work. The only way I’ve found to solve it is with a reboot. So, it seems to me that somehow I’m not disconnecting it correctly or something. I’d like to resolve this - any thoughts?

Also - here’s some info that comes out of log check which I think relates to the camera:

Apr 29 15:53:13 my-pc kernel: [705916.929009] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
Apr 29 15:53:14 my-pc kernel: [705917.109731] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr 29 15:53:14 my-pc kernel: [705917.112748] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr 29 15:53:14 my-pc kernel: [705917.112905] usb-storage: device found at 7
Apr 29 15:53:14 my-pc kernel: [705917.112908] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Apr 29 15:56:00 my-pc kernel: [706082.935957] usb 4-1: USB disconnect, address 7
Apr 29 15:56:05 my-pc kernel: [706088.610614] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
Apr 29 15:56:06 my-pc kernel: [706088.791340] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr 29 15:56:06 my-pc kernel: [706088.795394] scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr 29 15:56:06 my-pc kernel: [706088.795555] usb-storage: device found at 8
Apr 29 15:56:06 my-pc kernel: [706088.795557] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Apr 29 15:56:26 my-pc kernel: [706109.256636] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 8

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  1. Derek Buranen said, on April 29th, 2007 at 9:26 pm

    I think you can just reload the USB driver rather than rebooting. This is not ideal either I know, but a great hack for now.

    I think the module is uhci_hcd so the commands would be:
    sudo rmmod uhci_hcd; sudo modprobe uhci_hcd

  2. Pascal De Vuyst said, on May 1st, 2007 at 5:25 am

    Please file a bug about this here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+filebug.
    Add the information as described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingRemovableDevices.

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