Description of problem: gthumb will not import pictures from camera due to error: An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the device'): Camera is already in use. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 12 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attach camera (Olympus C740UZ in my case) to USB 2. Turn camera on 3. Select import photos with gthumb from the menu. Error is displayed: An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the device'): Camera is already in use. Actual results: Images not imported, Import button does nothing Expected results: You kidding? Images should be imported. Additional info: Google shows that this bug has been carried over from at least F9 to F10, F11 and now into F12. Hmm...
I found this bug too with another USB camera - a Canon Exilim EX-Z110.
Ixus 860 here.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543381
What can we do to help you fix the issue?
Good luck, I moved onto Ubuntu. [waiving]
*** Bug 543381 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is unclear: 3. Select import photos with gthumb from the menu. What menu are you talking about here, the panel menu, or gthumbs menu ? Was gthumb already running when you plugged the camera in ? Did you not get a dialog asking you what to run, when you plugged the camera in ?
For me gthumb is not runnong and I cannot even select photos because of this error.
(In reply to comment #7) > This is unclear: > > 3. Select import photos with gthumb from the menu. > > What menu are you talking about here, the panel menu, or gthumbs menu ? > Was gthumb already running when you plugged the camera in ? > Did you not get a dialog asking you what to run, when you plugged the camera in > ? Matthias, step 3 refers to the pop up window you get upon inserting the USB device.
Matthias, What Andrea stated is correct, I think it is called 'Device Notifier' menu. The one which pops up when you attached a USB device, which has choices like browse with Dolphin, acquire images etc.
I have the same problem: gthumb is not importing photos. (even if I start it from the Application->Graphics menu and then do File->Import photos). I get the same error, that is An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the device'): Camera is already in use. Additional information: If click with the right button on the icon of the camera at the Desktop and choose 'unmount' the icon disappears and gthumb photo import starts to work. Actually, it seems to me that the problem is not in the gthumb, but in the interaction of the gphoto2 library with gnome mounting the device (probably via gvfs?) See the following: 1. Attach the camera (icon on the desktop and 'Device Notifier' menu appear) Cancel in Device Notifier menu. 2. $ gphoto -l *** Error *** An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the device'): Camera is already in use. *** Error (-60: 'Could not lock the device') *** 3. Right Click Camera Icon -> Unmount 4. $ gphoto -l There is 1 folder in folder '/'. - store_00010001 There is 1 folder in folder '/store_00010001'. ...
I can confirm what Jiri wrote. At least there is a workaround - on my crowded desktop I didn't even see the icon until I read Jiri's comment, thanks!
This bug is related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533691 I plug in the media (either in the camera via USB or directly in the card reader), and it is automounted. As soon as I start gthumb either in the device notifier or by pressing the "Photos detected: Start gthumb?"-Button in Nautilus, the device is immediately unmounted. Here's the log (at 14:19:30 I start gthumb): Dec 30 14:18:22 rotezora kernel: sd 4:0:0:3: [sdf] 1986560 512-byte logical locks: (1.01 GB/970 MiB) Dec 30 14:18:22 rotezora kernel: sd 4:0:0:3: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 30 14:18:22 rotezora kernel: sd 4:0:0:3: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 30 14:18:22 rotezora kernel: sdf: sdf1 Dec 30 14:19:32 rotezora gnome-keyring-daemon[1696]: removing removable location: /media/disk Dec 30 14:19:32 rotezora gnome-keyring-daemon[1696]: no volume registered at: /media/disk Gthumb then starts with the "Could not lock device" error mentioned above.
Thanks for the bug report(s). I've hit this myself while working on: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupportF13 (some cameras double as a webcam) And I've written a number of patches fixing this, see bug 552890. I hope to be able to release updated gvfs and gthumb packages fixing this soon, add your self to the CC of bug 552890 if you want to stay informed on the progress of fixing this. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 552890 ***