[SOLVED] Unable to mount DIgital Camera

[nicholas mccarthy]

Hello,

When I try to mount my digital camera, this comes up:

Unable to mount Nikon Corp. Coolpix 4600 (ptp)
Error initializing camera: -1: Unspecified error

Anything you guys can do to help would be greatly appreciated.

[newbee70]

Hello,

When I try to mount my digital camera, this comes up:

Unable to mount Nikon Corp. Coolpix 4600 (ptp)
Error initializing camera: -1: Unspecified error

Anything you guys can do to help would be greatly appreciated.

Nicholas, give us a run down on what distribution your using, and on your system. so everyone can try to help you out.

and give a description on how you attached the camera.

my Nikon is found just like a removable disk.

[malathion]

Please post the output of this command:


sudo fdisk -l

[linux_tech]

First see if the computer at least recognizes that the camera is plugged into the usb port:


lsusb

[nicholas mccarthy]

Please post the output of this command:


sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0005e987

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9541 76638051 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 9542 9729 1510110 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9542 9729 1510078+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 60.0 GB, 60060155904 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7301 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1cb31993

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 7301 58645251 7 HPFS/NTFS



First see if the computer at least recognizes that the camera is plugged into the usb port:


lsusb

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 4971:cb01
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04b0:0130 Nikon Corp. Coolpix 4600 (ptp)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub



Nicholas, give us a run down on what distribution your using, and on your system. so everyone can try to help you out.

and give a description on how you attached the camera.

my Nikon is found just like a removable disk.

I'm using 8.10. I plugged in the cord to the USB port and plugged in the camera. On my computer I had a while ago, still with Ubuntu on it, that's all I had to do to mount it.

[scorp123]

Anything you guys can do to help would be greatly appreciated. Do you have a card reader? If yes: you could remove the card from the camera and insert it into your Ubuntu system as if it were a floppy disk. That should work.

Also: I am not familiar with your type and brand of camera ... but with the HP cameras that I have it is possible to go into their "Settings" menus and there one can then define how they should be seen by PC's ... either as "Camera" or as "USB Mass Storage". At least on one of my cameras the "Camera" mode doesn't work, so I set it to "USB Mass Storage". Now when I connect it to my Ubuntu system my camera is seen as "Disk Drive" ... the end result is the same: I get to copy my pictures off the camera.

Maybe you could check if your camera has a similar feature?

[nicholas mccarthy]

Do you have a card reader? If yes: you could remove the card from the camera and insert it into your Ubuntu system as if it were a floppy disk. That should work.

Also: I am not familiar with your type and brand of camera ... but with the HP cameras that I have it is possible to go into their "Settings" menus and there one can then define how they should be seen by PC's ... either as "Camera" or as "USB Mass Storage". At least on one of my cameras the "Camera" mode doesn't work, so I set it to "USB Mass Storage". Now when I connect it to my Ubuntu system my camera is seen as "Disk Drive" ... the end result is the same: I get to copy my pictures off the camera.

Maybe you could check if your camera has a similar feature?

No, I don't have a card reader.

And no, there's no setting on my camera like that, it's a few years old though, so I don't know. It's a Nikon Coolpix 4600 if that helps.

[newbee70]

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 4971:cb01
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04b0:0130 Nikon Corp. Coolpix 4600 (ptp)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub




I'm using 8.10. I plugged in the cord to the USB port and plugged in the camera. On my computer I had a while ago, still with Ubuntu on it, that's all I had to do to mount it.


on your setup menu how do you have this set?

# Interface

* USB (PTP, Mass Storage)
* Video mode (NTSC, PAL)

Hopefully USB mass storage.

# Auto transfer (on/off) - whether photos are automatically transferred to your PC by default .

[nicholas mccarthy]

yeah, I have it as Mass Storage, I don't get why it is saying PTP then when I plug it in?

[newbee70]

yeah, I have it as Mass Storage, I don't get why it is saying PTP then when I plug it in?

Have you tried setting the camera for PTP, to see if it will recognize it in that mode?

[nicholas mccarthy]

Oh, I didn't even think about doing that, it worked! Thanks!

[Radio89]

Writing here as a reference for Google.

I had the same problem (Unable to mount camera. error unspecified -1) today, resolved not using the USB 3.0 port of my pc but falling back to the "normal" 2.0 ones.

Not sure if it is a bug or the intended behaviour (what about a future with only usb 3.0 ports?)

P.S. Reported @SF against libgphoto2 ref. #3517006

[oldos2er]

Closed, necromancy.