on FC4 my sony camera showed up in fstab on /media as soon as i plugged it in, and it mounted just fine. on suse10, it doesn't. the yast hardware probing shows the following: ----- hal device list ----- 0: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_54c_10_noserial_if0' info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_54c_10_noserial_if0' linux.subsystem = 'usb' linux.hotplug_type = 1 (0x1) info.product = 'USB Mass Storage Interface' usb.interface.protocol = 1 (0x1) usb.interface.subclass = 255 (0xff) usb.interface.class = 8 (0x8) usb.interface.number = 0 (0x0) usb.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0' usb.configuration_value = 1 (0x1) usb.num_configurations = 1 (0x1) usb.num_interfaces = 1 (0x1) usb.device_class = 0 (0x0) usb.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) usb.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) usb.vendor_id = 1356 (0x54c) usb.product_id = 16 (0x10) usb.vendor = 'Sony Corp.' usb.product = 'USB Mass Storage Interface' usb.device_revision_bcd = 1072 (0x430) usb.max_power = 500 (0x1f4) usb.num_ports = 0 (0x0) usb.linux.device_number = 4 (0x4) usb.speed_bcd = 4608 (0x1200) usb.version_bcd = 272 (0x110) usb.is_self_powered = false usb.can_wake_up = false usb.bus_number = 3 (0x3) info.bus = 'usb' info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_54c_10_noserial' linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0' linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0' 1: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_54c_10_noserial' info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_54c_10_noserial' linux.subsystem = 'usb' linux.hotplug_type = 1 (0x1) usb_device.bus_number = 3 (0x3) usb_device.can_wake_up = false usb_device.is_self_powered = false usb_device.version_bcd = 272 (0x110) usb_device.speed_bcd = 4608 (0x1200) usb_device.linux.device_number = 4 (0x4) usb_device.num_ports = 0 (0x0) usb_device.max_power = 500 (0x1f4) usb_device.device_revision_bcd = 1072 (0x430) info.product = 'DSC-S30/S70/S75/F505V/F505/FD92 Cybershot/Mavica Digital Camera' usb_device.product = 'DSC-S30/S70/S75/F505V/F505/FD92 Cybershot/Mavica Digital Camera' info.vendor = 'Sony Corp.' usb_device.vendor = 'Sony Corp.' usb_device.product_id = 16 (0x10) usb_device.vendor_id = 1356 (0x54c) usb_device.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) usb_device.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) usb_device.device_class = 0 (0x0) usb_device.num_interfaces = 1 (0x1) usb_device.num_configurations = 1 (0x1) usb_device.configuration_value = 1 (0x1) usb_device.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/usb3/3-1' info.linux.driver = 'usb' info.bus = 'usb_device' info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_0_0_0000_02_04_0' linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/usb3/3-1' linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/usb3/3-1' so the camera is obviously there and seen by the system. how do i access it? any suggestions would be helpful. tia, dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave #2 brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-232-2360 (tel) 617-777-0207 (cel) 810-454-1823 (fax) jdm@moylan.info www.moylan.info