[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#436031: gphoto2 -L fails due to wrong owner/mode on /proc/bus/usb/004/018

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2007-08-04 Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> Package: gphoto2
> Version: 2.3.1-5
> Severity: normal

> Hi,

> I do not have the slightest idea which package is real culprit here,
> so I'll report the bug against the app which was most helpful in
> finding the issue.

> When I connect my Canon Ixus 50 to my sid box and type gphoto2 -L, I
> receive the following error message:

> *** Error ***
> An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB
> device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make
> sure no other program or kernel module (such as sdc2xx, stv680,
> spca50x) is using the device and you have read/write access to the
> device.
> *** Error (-53: 'Could not claim the USB device') ***

> stracing gphoto2 showed that it tried to access /proc/bus/usb/004/018,
> which was root:root 640. Chowning the node to :plugdev and chmodding
> it to 660, gphoto2 -L worked.

Hello Marc,

this should work in stable (lenny).

It is broken (again?) in testing, but should be fixed in
libgphoto2-2_2.4.6-3 / libgphoto2-port0_2.4.6-3. Could you upgrade
and verify this is fixed?
thanks, cu andreas