Digital Camera permission

Hello. I'm running gnome 2.22 and using gtkam 0.1.12. I just tried to connect my Kodak C740 via usb and im getting an error accessing the camera.
When I try to access using gnome I get:
Could not open location 'gphoto2://[usb:004,005]/'
The default action does not support this protocol.
And when I try gtkam i get:
Could not list folders in '/'.
An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the device'): Camera is already in use.
I'm a member of the camera group, and if I run gtkam as root it works just fine. So am I missing a step?
lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 040a:0588 Kodak Co. Digital Camera
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c024 Logitech, Inc. MX300 Optical Mouse

This seems to be a problem that hasn't been solved. Just type in a forum search for camera permissions and see how many hits you get. I've been having a similar problem for some time now, got fed up with all the camera apps and changed the setting on my Nikon L12 to a mass storage device from a PTP device and now use my file manager pcmanfm to handle all my photos.
This also lets me keep my minimal system approach.
Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-05-17 15:09:01)

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