Bug 508204 - libgphoto2 hangs on FC11 and shuts down camera
Summary: libgphoto2 hangs on FC11 and shuts down camera
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libgphoto2
Version: 11
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jindrich Novy
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-06-26 03:46 UTC by Arnav
Modified: 2013-07-02 23:36 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-06-28 13:18:07 UTC
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libgphoto2 hangs on FC11: debug Log (24.48 KB, application/x-bzip)
2009-06-26 03:46 UTC, Arnav
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Description Arnav 2009-06-26 03:46:40 UTC
Created attachment 349505 [details]
libgphoto2 hangs on FC11: debug Log 

Description of problem:
I upgraded from FC9 to a stock FC11.  In FC9, gphoto worked flawlessly without an issue.  gphoto detects the camera correctly:
# gphoto2 --auto-detect
Model                          Port                                            
----------------------------------------------------------
Canon PowerShot S2 IS (PTP mode) usb:            
Canon PowerShot S2 IS (PTP mode) usb:001,009

I am also able to configure the camera such as:
# gphoto2 --set-config capture=on --set-config zoom=60 --set-config iso=0 --set-config owner=Arnav

However, ghoto hangs when I try to actually capture an image (e.g. "gphoto2 --capture-image" or "gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download") and I need to kill it eventually.  Even worse, executing the above shuts the camera down.

Please see attached log.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gphoto2         2.4.5          gcc, popt(m), exif, no cdk, no aa, jpeg, readline
libgphoto2      2.4.5          gcc, ltdl, EXIF
libgphoto2_port 0.8.0          gcc, ltdl, USB, serial baudboy locking

How reproducible:  always


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  install stock FC11 gphoto2.
2.  run:  "gphoto2 --set-config capture=on --set-config zoom=60 --set-config iso=0 --set-config owner=yourname"
3.  run: "gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download --force-overwrite --filename=webcam.jpg"
  
Actual results:  gphoto hangs, camera shuts down

Expected results:  A picture is taken remotely and downloaded to local machine

Comment 1 Marcus Meissner 2009-07-04 23:06:18 UTC
it aborted communication in the middle of the protocol.

did it switch off the camera?
is there anything in dmesg?

might be overly aggressive USB powersaving in FC11 for instance or some new
usb interactions :/

Comment 2 Arnav 2009-07-05 00:08:57 UTC
Hi Marcus,

Yes, it switched off the camera.  I am away from this particular machine for the next few hours, so I will post dmesg output later.  I have a hunch it is libgphoto2 and not FC11, but it is ultimately for you experts to confirm (and apologies in advance if I am completely off base).
At face value, the symptoms are the same as I have been tracking with you here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2794538&group_id=8874&atid=108874
I hope you can find the time to compare the logs logged here against FC11 vs. those logged against FC9 in the SourceForge tracker.  In both cases gphoto2 hangs and the camera shuts down.

If indeed it the turns out the underlying issue is the same, it seems to suggest the problem is with libgphoto2 and started somewhere between 2.4.0 and 2.4.5 (which is not a very helpful observation i know..)
If it turns out the underlying issue is different, then I am happy it is logged separately against FC11.  

Here is a recap of what I have observed so far:
- Verified/confirmed to be working great with libgphoto2 2.4.0 (FC9)
- Unstable with libgphoto2 2.4.3 (FC11)
- Not working with libgphoto2 2.4.5 and libgphoto2 2.4.6 (FC11 and FC9) 

Due to libtool changes in FC11 (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Libtool2) I was not able to install older versions of libgphoto2 on FC11, but I have tested 2.4.5 and 2.4.6 and the issue is the same in both.  I found libgphoto2 2.4.3 to be very temperamental in FC11 (but it could be due to the changes suggested by the article above to get things working with the new version of libtool).  Please let me know if there are certain other combinations you would like me to try..  Many thanks in advance for the help.

Comment 3 Arnav 2009-07-05 17:29:59 UTC
Here is the output from dmesg.  I have no idea what it means (but it seems like a gvfs failure?)

fuse init (API version 7.11)
usb 1-1.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=30f0
usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-1.1: Product: Canon Digital Camera
usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Canon Inc.
usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-1.3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd gvfs-gphoto2-vo rqt 128 rq 6 len 1000 ret -110
usb 3-1.3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd gvfsd-gphoto2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 1000 ret -110
usb 3-1.3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd gphoto2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 1000 ret -110
usb 3-1.3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd gphoto2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 1000 ret -110
usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, address 7

Does that help to zero in on the problem?

Comment 4 Marcus Meissner 2009-07-06 15:06:08 UTC
no, looks harmless.

that gvfs-gphoto is accesing the camera might be an issue, but I doubt it. This would be seen earlier.

you can try:
gvfs-mount -s gphoto2:
to umount the gphoto2 slave from gvfs.

Comment 5 Arnav 2009-07-07 04:42:52 UTC
no luck.

I tried "gvfs-mount -s gphoto2" after plugging the camera and the results are the same.  dmesg contains exactly the same messages. 
I am not convinced gvfs-mount does what it suppose to do though.
First, "gvfs-mount -l" doesn't list the camera as mounted (even tough it should).
Then,"gvfs-mount -s gphoto2" doesn't seem to actually unmount the Camera.  To unmount it I need to go to nautilus, right-click the camera, and select "unmount camera."  Only that actually unmounts the camera.

I tested after un-mounting in nautilus but the results were the same.    

Also, I did the following test as well: after connecting the camera, I killed the gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor but the results were the same.   

What do you make of this?

Comment 6 Marcus Meissner 2009-07-07 09:45:34 UTC
that gvfs is unrelated to this issue. :/

I am a bit at loss now. :/

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