Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.12.2 Distribution: Slackware Hardware Environment: Athlon 1800+/ Gigabyte GA7VRX motherboard / 256mb ram ddr 333 Software Environment: gphoto Problem Description: when i try to download pictures from my digital camera (Canon PowerShot A95) using gphoto over usb cable i get this message: bash-3.00# gphoto2 -P *** Error *** Could not apply USB settings *** Error *** An error occurred in the io-library ('Error updating the port settings'): Could not set config 0/1 (Device or resource busy) *** Error (-37: 'Error updating the port settings') *** For debugging messages, please use the --debug option. Debugging messages may help finding a solution to your problem. If you intend to send any error or debug messages to the gphoto developer mailing list <gphoto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>, please run gphoto2 as follows: env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug -P Please make sure there is sufficient quoting around the arguments. bash-3.00# Steps to reproduce: just type gphoto -P
I heard that this is fixed in current versions of gphoto. If not, bug them for the fix. (This is a dup of some other bug, fwiw.)
Yes, this is a userspace issue, just update gphoto and it should work properly. Sorry, I don't remember the other bug number, but it is a previous one...