The initial bug report is about a bug in the Canon driver. What if you force the use of PTP driver? gphoto --camera "Canon PowerShot A85 (PTP mode)" -L
** Changed in: libgphoto2 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Hubert Figuiere Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Can't download from Canon A85: canon_usb_get_dirents: canon_usb_long_dialogue failed to fetch direntries, returned -114 https://launchpad.net/bugs/57524 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs