[Eug-lug] Can't get Mepis 6.5 to talk to an HP Photosmart m305 camera

[Bob Miller]

marbux wrote:

> Thanks, but I've got it and its supporting libraries installed (and
> reinstalled). No joy with the HP Photosmart m305; no driver included,
> although I even tried the preceding and next Photosmart version number
> drivers. The maddening is that when I was running the i586 version of Mepis,
> it automatically detected the same camera and configured for it, so I have
> no idea of which driver it actually used.

Do you have an i586 Mepis LiveCD?  If you boot it, what driver does
gphoto2 say it's using for the camera?

Another thing to check: right after you plug in the camera cable,
take a look at dmesg's output.  Do the USB drivers identify it?


> I suspect my big mistake was that Intel D946GZIS motherboard and chipset.

The motherboard probably isn't the culprit for camera access, unless
USB is totally b0rked.  Are other USB devices working?

A new motherboard is $100.  (In my imagination, $100 is about ten
minutes' worth of a retired lawyer's disposable income. (-: )

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
                                        kbob at jogger-egg.com