[mdlug] Camcorder does not mount

[Raymond McLaughlin]

R. Kannan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a new Panasonic camcorder with USB connection. When I connect it to
> my laptop running Windows, it mounts as a file system that can be browsed. When
> I connect it to the same laptop running Linux (SuSE 10.1, Kernel 2.6), it does
> not mount automatically and the camcorder display says 'connecting'. 'lsusb'
> does not show any new device.
> 
> Anything I can try to debug?
> 
> Thanks

The command dmesg|tail might tell you something, as might tail
/var/log/messages.

Beyond that the only thing I can suggest is to see if the memory media
is removable from the camcorder, and see if you can read it in a card
reader.