======================================================================== Q: gphoto2 does not find my camera. What shall I do? A: First try to run "gphoto2 --list-ports" and look whether the ports you want to use are listed. Then try to run "gphoto2 --auto-detect" and look whether the camera is detected. If you gphoto2 cannot access the USB device, you have to set up hotplugging correctly. See gphoto2.txt for details. ======================================================================== Q: I get the error message *** Error ('Could not claim the USB device') *** Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make sure no other program or kernel module (i.e. dc2xx) is using the device and you have read/write access to the device. What can I do to make it work? A: You have to set up the permissions on your USB device correctly. For Linux, this is described in the file named gphoto2.txt in your gphoto2 documentation directory (named doc/ in the source tree). ======================================================================== Q: I get the error message Could not find USB device (vendor 0x0000, product 0x0000). Make sure this device is connected to the computer What can I do to make it work? A: You have to set up the permissions on your USB device correctly. For Linux, this is described in the file named gphoto2.txt in your gphoto2 documentation directory (named doc/ in the source tree). ======================================================================== Q: My Canon PowerShot G1 doesn't work with gphoto2. What should I do? A: This is a known bug which is being worked on. In the mean time, run the camera on battery instead of the AC adapter. ======================================================================== Q: I have a special problem with CameraXYZ. Where can I find information about it? A: You can look into the README file of your driver . It is located in camlibs// in your source tree. ======================================================================== Q: I run Linux 2.4.x and I can't get USB to work at all. I keep getting kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed dev 3 ep 0x81 len 64 ret -110 How can I make USB work? A: No idea. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. If you know a solution, please let us know. ========================================================================