[vox-tech] Newbie DSL router question

[Mark K. Kim]

Oh, as for the digital camera...

It's possible your digital camera is already recognized as a USB storage
device that can be read directly by Linux.  I've heard of such cameras but
I don't use a USB digital camera so I don't know for sure.  To check
whether your camera is such a device:

   1. Become root.
   2. Unplug your camera from the system, if it's already plugged.
   3. Plug in your camera to the system.
   4. Type `tail /var/log/messages`.

It should tell you what type of device Linux recognizes the camera as.

Also, there's a program that tells you what kind of device your camera is.
Try this:

   1. With your camera plugged into the system.
   2. Type `usbview` as root.

If it says something about a "USB storage device", then there's no need to
get a card reader.  But if it doesn't, getting a new card reader will be
the easiest thing to do.  The alternative will be to try to get one of the
photo program working (like gPhoto).

-Mark

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, Dick McCabe Jr wrote:

> I am relatively new to Linux (3 years off and on, 4 months exclusively)
> and would lie to set up a network at my house between three computers.
> My computer is running Mandrake 8.2 while my 22 year old daughter has a
> Win98 laptop and my 19 year old has a win98 desktop.  I am using SBC DSL
> using ethernet cards. I definitely want to share the DSL, but would also
> like to share at least the printer and maybe file sharing.
> My question is this:  what is the best way to go about this?  Do I use a
> router with printer port or Linux's networking software?  Or both?
>
> Also I recently bought an Olympus D380 digital camera with a built in
> USB connection.  How do I access the camera through Linux?  The camera
> uses SmartMedia, so perhaps a card reader is in order.
>
> Thanks in Advance
> Dick
>
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