[arch-general] digital camera not showing as mass storage device

[Christoffer Hirth]

Matthew Monaco wrote:
> I can get my digital camera to work with libgphoto stuff like 
> shotwell, but for months now it simply won't show up as a mass storage 
> device. Am I missing a kernel module or something? I loaded usb-storage.
>
> I downloaded the Ubuntu 10.10 beta live CD, plugged the camera in, and 
> it popped up fine as a hard disk /dev/sdX...
>
> In the logs I see a load-modules.sh error.
>
> Please advise.
>
I assume you are using gnome?

In that case you should read gvfs optdepends. In particular you need 
gvfs-gphoto2

Christoffer