Attaching USB camera causes two photo import dialog boxes to be spawned

Interesting!

Disconnecting, then reconnecting the camera gives only one of the gthumb dialogs (the one with three buttons). The dual dialog spawning only seems to happen when first connecting the camera. I haven't been able to duplicate it since.

Perhaps this is a gthumb bug? The dialog with two buttons seems to launch a gthumb Import dialog (which doesn't see the photos on the camera), while the dialog with three buttons simply opens gthumb to browse the camera's USB volume (which is stupid, since "import" implies "copy to hard drive")

I'd say the dialog with two buttons is only supposed to show when a non-USB-Mass-Storage camera is connected, and the dialog with three buttons is only meant to be shown when a USB-Mass-Storage camera is connected.

If you can confirm that this is a gthumb issue, please move this bug.

Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu do you use? Can you check /var/log/syslog for anything interesting for the first plug in?

As I said in the bug, I'm using an up to date Dapper. Attached is the syslog output over the initial connect/disconnect and the second connect/disconnect.

Since this report, the two-dialog problem has occured consistently when I first connect the camera after booting.

One dialog is definitely meant for mass-storage cameras, and one is meant for other cameras that require drivers.

I've confirmed this bug now on two up-to-date Dapper machines, and there are no outstanding requests for information to warrant the NEEDINFO status. Marking confirmed.

Confirming the very same issue on Ubuntu 6.10. There is actually one difference - it happens everytime, not only first time after reboot. And it's pretty annoying.

Doing 'lshal > hal.txt' and attaching hal.txt here would help immensely, since I only have access to cameras which either do mass storage or PTP, not both. Thank you!

Martin Pitt wrote:
> Doing 'lshal > hal.txt' and attaching hal.txt here would help immensely,
> since I only have access to cameras which either do mass storage or PTP,
> not both. Thank you!

I'll do that when I get a chance to visit my brother-in-law and run the
lshal. IOW, it will take few weeks to provide this information.

Petr

Martin Pitt píše v Út 12. 12. 2006 v 17:08 +0000:
> Doing 'lshal > hal.txt' and attaching hal.txt here would help immensely,
> since I only have access to cameras which either do mass storage or PTP,
> not both. Thank you!

Finally visited my sister-in-law so I am attaching the lshal output...

> ** Changed in: gnome-volume-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Needs Info
>

It doesn't seem to be attached.

I'm experiencing the very same bug with latest Feisty, so I guess my lshal is as good as any. My camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7.

I can confirm this bug too in Gutsy with an Olympus FE-280. I'm also attaching lshal.