[Techtalk] Flashcard Reader

[Raven Brooke]

Hey Chix,

I'm trying to get photos from a Lexar Jumpshot flashcard to my RedHat 7.2 
box. So far I have installed the latest stable kernal available from 
RedHat (2.4.9), which includes drivers for this (usb) device. When I run 
mount, I see 

usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)

and the devices file reveals

[root at trinity root]# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
T:  Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=d800
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=d400
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=05dc ProdID=0001 Rev= 0.01
S:  Manufacturer=LEXR?12601461159299094080??@???
S:  Product=LEXR?12601461159299094080??@???
S:  SerialNumber=12601461159299094080??@???
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr= 90mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=04 Driver=usb-storage
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=  0ms
E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=  0ms


Which seems to me to indicate that the cardreader is recognized. The green 
light on the reader itself is also illuminated when I put a card in.

This reader functions properly under Win2k when I have had to use it at 
work, so I am confident that the device itself is okay.

Thing is, I am not able to find the photos. They do not appear in the 
mounted directory when I ls, and gphoto (which admittedly is only supposed 
to work with certain cameras) can't find them either. 

I have grep'ed through google til my eyes are sore. If anyone is able to 
read photos from a usb device under linux, I would appreciate any tips you 
could offer.

Thanks,

Raven