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From http://www.gphoto.org/news.php3
gPhoto News, June 1999
gPhoto is IN DEVELOPMENT, so please [1]submit bugs and comments to
[2]gphoto-devel@gphoto.org. Thanks!
June 22, 1999
Casio Qv-7000SX with IrDA
Linux Kernel hacker Dag Brattli [3]<dagb@cs.uit.no> announced on the
[4]gphoto-devel [5]mailing list today that he will write a gphoto
driver for the Casio Qv-7000SX digital camera with Tran-P.
Dag Brattli is the founder and maintainer of the [6]Linux-IrDA
project. The first Linux-implementation of the IrDATM standards was
included in the 2.2 kernel.
IrDATM (Infrared Data Association) is an industry standard for
infrared wireless communication. Most laptops sold today are equipped
with an IrDA compliant infrared transceiver, which enables you to
communicate with devices such as printers, modems, fax, LAN, and other
laptops, as well as digital cameras.
June 20, 1999
Negative response from Canon Australia
Raymond Newman [7]<raymond@one.com.au> forwarded this to the
[8]gphoto-devel@gphoto.org [9]mailing list today:
Subj: Re: A PS-A5 / Unix possability???
From: [10]gpaterson@cscpo.canon.com.au
To: [11]raymond@one.com.au
Dear Mr Newman
I'm sorry, but Canon Inc are still not releasing the requested
information for the PowerShot A5 Digital Camera (it may well be company
confidential or 3rd party developed protocol).
The product has been designed and marketed for the Microsoft Windows and
Apple Macintosh platforms only.
If your requirement is still solely for the Unix / Linux environment I
can only suggest selling or trading in your PS-A5 on another product
that is qualified for your required platform.
I'm sure that this is not what you wanted to hear, but I don't believe
that there are any other options within Canon.
regards
Glenn Paterson
CSCPO, Canon Australia
We urge Canon and competing camera manufacturers to release open
specifications now, and the several million users of free operating
systems to not buy camera products from Canon until they provide
specs.
June 18, 1999
gphoto 0.3.2 RPMs and tarball
Paul Jenner [12]<psj@mustec.eu.org> has built new RPMs and tarball CVS
snapshots of gphoto-0.3.2. gPhoto is still in heavy development, and
will hopefully reach a stable 0.4 soon.
* [13]gphoto-0.3.2-1.i386.rpm (596 Kb)
* [14]gphoto-0.3.2-1.src.rpm (439 Kb)
* [15]gphoto-0.3.2.tar.gz (438 Kb)
June 13, 1999
DC210 support for gPhoto
Brian Hirt [16]<bhirt@mobygames.com>, the developer of [17]KDCPI, a
command line perl program that interfaces with the Kodak DC210,
reported to [18]<gphoto-kodak@gphoto.org> [19]mailing list that he has
downloaded the gPhoto source and started working on a gphoto library.
A development version of the DC210 library is in gphoto/kodak in GNOME
CVS.
June 12, 1999
The gPhoto roadmap
Bob Paauwe [20]<bpaauwe@bobsplace.com> has scanned of the
[21]gphoto-devel@gphoto.org [22]mailing list archive and organized a
new [23]todo list by version number.
The next stable development release (version 0.4, as all stable
release will use even number versions) sure will have a lot of new
features.
June 10, 1999
Nikon considers gPhoto support
Phill Hugo [24]<phill@gnu.org> has spoken to Nikon as part of gPhoto
and have a few leads on developing a driver for them.
Please mention gPhoto and this site, if you mail them.
It is always a great help for potential camera customers to pressure
companies into support our work BEFORE you give them your money.
Many companies simply don't have time to look at the issues involved
unless there is an financial incentive to do so. The more open we can
make them, the better gPhoto can be and the more enjoyment you'll get
from your camera.
Phill has added the file ``[25]CONTACTS'' in CVS, that contains a list
of company members who you can write to asking for GPL drivers or open
specifications. There is also a sample letter in ``[26]LETTER''.
June 7, 1999
Alan Cox plugs gPhoto
Today Linux kernel hacker Alan Cox [27]<alan@redhat.com> comments
gPhoto in his [28]development diary:
"...It also happens to be supported by gphoto which is very cute,
very slick and very buggy (but it doesnt claim to be finished). It
crashed every download until I attacked it with gdb and fixed my
copy up."
Some of the driver problems will be sorted out with his help.
Thanks, Alan.
June 2, 1999
autoconf in CVS
Paul S Jenner [29]<psj@mustec.eu.org> has committed the final autoconf
patch to CVS along with Gary Ross' [30]<gdr@hooked.net> Casio changes
that came with it.
Now it is finally in CVS you can build gphoto with autoconf provided
you have [31]GNU autoconf, [32]GNU automake and [33]GNU libtool on
your system. To build simply run:
./autogen.sh
make
make install
[ [34]May 1999 | [35]April 1999 | [36]March 1999 | [37]February 1999 ]
[ [38]Main | [39]News | [40]ToDo | [41]Help | [42]Download |
[43]Preview | [44]Cameras | [45]Supporting | [46]Feedback | [47]Docs |
[48]Discussion | [49]Team | [50]Themes | [51]Links ]
References
1. http://www.gphoto.org/feedback.php3
2. mailto:gphoto-devel@gphoto.org
3. mailto:dagb@cs.uit.no
4. mailto:gphoto-devel@gphoto.org
5. http://www.gphoto.org/lists.php3
6. http://www.cs.uit.no/linux-irda/
7. mailto:raymond@one.com.au
8. mailto:gphoto-devel@gphoto.org
9. http://www.gphoto.org/lists.php3
10. mailto:gpaterson@cscpo.canon.com.au
11. mailto:raymond@one.com.au
12. mailto:psj@mustec.eu.org
13. ftp://ftp.gphoto.org/projects/gphoto/pub/rpm/i386/gphoto-0.3.2-1.i386.rpm
14. ftp://ftp.gphoto.org/projects/gphoto/pub/rpm/SRPMS/gphoto-0.3.2-1.src.rpm
15. ftp://ftp.gphoto.org/projects/gphoto/pub/tar/0.3/gphoto-0.3.2.tar.gz
16. http://www.gphoto.org/bhirt@mobygames.com
17. http://www.berkhirt.com/HomerProductions/products/kdcpi/
18. mailto:gphoto-kodak@gphoto.org
19. http://www.gphoto.org/lists.php3
20. mailto:bpaauwe@bobsplace.com
21. mailto:gphoto-devel@gphoto.org
22. http://www.gphoto.org/lists.php3
23. http://www.gphoto.org/todo.php3
24. mailto:phill@gnu.org
25. ftp://ftp.gphoto.org/projects/gphoto/pub/CONTACTS
26. ftp://ftp.gphoto.org/projects/gphoto/pub/LETTER
27. mailto:alan@redhat.com
28. http://www.uk.linux.org/diary
29. mailto:psj@mustec.eu.org
30. mailto:gdr@hooked.net
31. http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf
32. http://www.gnu.org/software/automake
33. http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool
34. http://www.gphoto.org/199905.php3
35. http://www.gphoto.org/199904.php3
36. http://www.gphoto.org/199903.php3
37. http://www.gphoto.org/199902.php3
38. http://www.gphoto.org/main.php3
39. http://www.gphoto.org/news.php3
40. http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/gphoto/TODO
41. http://www.gphoto.org/help.php3
42. http://www.gphoto.org/download.php3
43. http://www.gphoto.org/screenshots.php3
44. http://www.gphoto.org/cameras.php3
45. http://www.gphoto.org/supporting.php3
46. http://www.gphoto.org/feedback.php3
47. http://www.gphoto.org/docs.php3
48. http://www.gphoto.org/lists.php3
49. http://www.gphoto.org/team.php3
50. http://www.gphoto.org/themes.php3
51. http://www.gphoto.org/links.php3
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