Recent Canons usually use a special protocol, called PTP (picture transfer protocol) to communicate with a computer. AFAIK, this is also true for Ixus 55. Install gphoto2 to download pictures from your camera.
On 4/28/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently I tried to attach a friend's Canon Ixus 55 to my Debian box > to copy some photos from it (I don't have a card reader for that type > of memory card). The /dev/sda1 flatly refused to show up, although I > had no trouble using my Olympus camera later the same day. (I've > listed below the packages that I think are relevant.) > > Has anyone else been able to get one of these to work? > > Thanks, > Adam > > ii hal 0.5.7-1 > ii libhal-storage1 0.5.7-1 > ii libhal1 0.5.7-1 > ii pmount 0.9.9-2 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- With best regards, Dmitri Minaev