On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 02:47:06PM -0400, Marc Shapiro wrote: > My wife just bought me a Polaroid PhotoMAX 640 SE for Fathers' Day, at a > yard sale. It seems to be complete with everything except the original > batteries and I am trying to get it working under Linux. It says that > it is TWAIN compatible and comes with both a USB and a serial adapter. > I am hoping to use the USB connector. > > I am running Sarge and have just installed kernel 2.4.26-1-k7. I have > had USB running to sync with my HandSpring Visor and I now have the > usb-storage.o module loading from /etc/modules. > > When I plug the camera in and turn it on, however, I get a message > saying that USB has detected the new device, but that there is no active > driver for it. Is there a linux driver/kernel module that I need to > load to use this device? > > Any and all help will be appreciated, as I would really like to be able > to use this camera. > > BTW, Polaroid is not manufacturing the camera any more and never > developed drivers for Linux, or Mac. No wonder it is no longer in > production! >
If its twain compatible its probably not acting as a usb-storage device but more probably using a scanner or webcam interface. You could try the webcam software such as gphoto2 and friends (depends on video for linux in the kernel IIRC) or I think there is also a camera backend for (x)sane. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
