Mounting and unmounting digital camera

When I connect my SONY HX9V via USB to my iMac, normally 3 devices get mounted:
'PMBPORTABLE', 'NO NAME' and another 'NO NAME'.
Normally in Finder all these 3 devices show small Eject symbols/buttons for unmounting them correctly.
But sometimes only one of the 3 devices has an Eject symbol, and it's not possible to eject the other two devices.
(Only workaround to eject these two was via Disk Utility.)
Why? How can I fix this? Thanks.

Thanks for your answer.
I question a company whose one device shows up as three icons - one would think one icon per device would be sufficient?
I found this a bit strange too... (But the camera - especially HD video - is really very good.)
... eject button in the toolbar...
OK, I'll try this the next time the problem occurs and will report back.

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i creating a database just to practice and sharpen my skills since i've been out of school for a while. someone suggested i do some of the following transactions like creating clusters and mounting and unmounting the database. I've found info on creating clusters, but haven't found anything on mounting and unmounting an oracle database. can someone please assist me with this?
thanks,
YR

Hi..
Have you created a database.You can create the database using DBCA utility and also maually.
for manually creating the database [http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_5004.htm#SQLRF01204]
In Mount stage :- To mount the database, the instance finds the database control files and opens them. Control files are specified in the CONTROL_FILES initialization parameter in the parameter file used to start the instance. Oracle then reads the control files to get the names of the database's datafiles and redo log files.
Go through [http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/start.htm#sthref569]
[http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/startup.htm#sthref1915]
HTH
Anand

Mounting and Unmounting USB drives [Solved]

HI there:
I want a program like in KDE that will automaticly mount and allow me to click to unmount my usb drives. I am building machines and I need them to be user friendly and fast. I am running openbox 3.5 with a lxpanel right now. Also how do you allow users to access the usb drives. Here is an example of an error. I am logged in as usera. I fire up shotwell plug in my camera. It detects it I click on the camera and it says
"Shotwell
Unable to fetch previews from the camera:
I/O problem (-7)"
I log in as root it works perfectly. I hope this all makes sense.
Last edited by mich04 (2011-10-27 23:36:30)

AliWam wrote:
How do you start openbox?
I am using startx with this ~/.xinitrc
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch openbox-session
and it works well.
Have a look here.
Nice! I just installed Xfce on my new netbook (I use awesome WM and a different automounting solution for my other Arch box) and adding "dbus-launch" right before "startxfce4" on the line that reads:
"exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch startxfce4"
fixed my problem.
I'm a little confused though, in the wiki it says that, "In case you are wondering, dbus-launch will be launched by the xinitrc.d code at the beginning of the file...." https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce
My .xinitrc is functionally the same as the example in the wiki, so I had thought that somehow dbus-launch wouldn't be necessary. Oh well, it's working now and that's all that matters, thanks for your suggestion AliWam!

Why is my refurbished Ipod shuffle 2nd generation mounting and unmounting?

I got a 2nd generation Ipod shuffle for christmas and I plugged it into my computer and it wont stay mounted.
It will mount and then a few seconds later it will unmount, then a few seconds later it will mount again, and then unmount and so on and so fourth. What can I do to successfully mount my ipod so i can put music on my christmas gift?

Do you have the latest version of iTunes installed?
Are you using the cable that originally came with the shuffle? It has a mini-dock on shuffle end of the cable.
As a test, you should try shutting down your computer and disconnecting all USB devices, including hub. You can keep standard keyboard and mouse connected, if normally used. If your computer is a laptop, connect its power adapter, so that it is not running on battery power. Do this to reset the shuffle
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1655
Start up the computer, run iTunes, and connect shuffle to a direct USB port on the computer.

What is the volume 'ldap_bk' that Mounted and Unmounted every hour or two?

What is the volume 'ldap_bk' that do Mounted and after 5 to 10 secs Unmounted ? This happen every hour or two.

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Camera Connector Kit and SONY Digital camera MP4 files

Using the Camera Connector Kit I am able to copy SONY Digital camera MP4 files. I am unable to play it on the iPad. I have tested this on 4.2 and 4.3GM of iOS.
With more and more people using iPads this type of functionality should be working.

I agree. Why not formally suggest it to Apple since Apple really does not read/use posts from this forum.
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Intel iMac and new digital cameras

Hi,
Thinking of purchasing a Sony digital camera with the built in HD (vs. buying those that use a DVD/CD). The HD type can hold up to 5hrs. of video vs. the CD version's 1 hr.
However, it's newer technology so don't know much about the pros/cons. Does Apple/iMac support the ability to be able to connect this new digial camera to the computer (essentially seeing it as an external hard drive), and allow me to copy the videos to my mac, play around with it in the video software and then burn to a DVD/CD from the computer?
Any suggestions or feedback would be helpful.
Thanks!

In fact, it's not the HD that's a problem, it's that they encode the video using either MPEG4 or MPEG2. There are perfectly good DV-HD camcorders out there.
Video for editing should be recorded in one of the DV formats: DV, DV-HD, DVCPRO, etc. These formats don't use a lossy compression algorithm, so they maintain the highest quality and fidelity of recording. Because they don't use the lossy compression of the MPEG encoding of the direct-to-DVD camcorders, the video requires much more space than you find on a DVD, hence the reason they use 14G or 21G DV tapes.
With MPEG2 and MPEG4, the video has already been compressed and quality substantially degraded. To edit it, you need to transcode it into one of the edit formats (one of the DV variants), and then export it -- which takes time and degrades the video quality.
You want one of those direct-to-DVD camcorders only if you never want to edit the video, just play it back exactly as you shot it. In that scenario they are ideal because it saves you from running anything throught the computer.

[SOLVED] advanced shell script for mount and unmount samba share

Good morning guys,
Today I've a very long question....
Hope in your help....:
I usually move from different network.
For one of those I need to mount some share that are under an ActiveDirectory server.
To do that I use samba.
Especially I've made and use the below shell script.
I know that it's so stupid but I'm a very newbie:
#!/bin/sh
echo "This is a custom script for mount my citrix share"
echo "Please insert user password (must a sudoer user)"
echo " "
sudo mount -t cifs -o username='myusername',password='mypassword' //host_ip/TsHome$/myusername /home/myuser/samba_share/TsHOME
sudo mount -t cifs -o username='myusername',password='mypassword' "//host_ip/direction" /home/myuser/samba_share/direction
echo " "
read -p "Press ENTER key to close this terminal"
exit
As I say the script work but it's so crude...!
I want/need to implement it whit the follow addictions:
1. print a feedback on mount: somenthing like "TsHOME is now mounted" or "unable to mount TsHOME"
2. check if the share are already mounted: to prevent accidentally multiple mount. If a share is already mounted I want to print something like "TsHOME is already mounted on /home/myuser/samba_share/TsHOME"
3. ask for share password (now it's in clear on script) - This is optinal
4. un-mount the share before reboot or shutdown command. That because I've notice that If i reboot or shutdown without manually un-mount the share the step of unmounting network file system became very slow
If it's no extremely difficult, can someone help me to write this script?
I know that man exist but I'm not a programmer and it's so difficult for me approch it.
Thank you in advance.
Ale
Last edited by Alexbit (2010-09-23 21:29:13)

Thank you very (VERY) much!
I've follow your information and.. it work!
If can be usefull to other this is the complete script:
#!/bin/sh
echo "This is a custom script for mount citrix share"
echo "****************************************"
echo " "
echo "Please insert domain password:"
read -s mypassword
echo " "
echo "|checking mount state...in share are not mounted mount it!|"
echo "+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+"
if grep "TsHome" /etc/mtab &>/dev/null; then
grep "TsHome" /etc/mtab | awk '{print "TsHome is already mounted on " $2}'
else
sudo mount -t cifs -o username='yourusername',password="$mypassword" //ipaddress/TsHome$ /home/Samba_share/TsHOME && echo "TsHOME is now mounted" || echo "unable to mount TsHOME"
fi
echo " "
if grep "direction" /etc/mtab &>/dev/null; then
grep "direction" /etc/mtab | awk '{print "direction is already mounted on " $2}'
else
sudo mount -t cifs -o username='yourusername',password="$mypassword" '//ipaddress/direction' /home/Samba_share/direction' && echo "direction pat is now mounted" || echo "unable to mount direction"
fi
echo " "
if grep "Area" /etc/mtab &>/dev/null; then
grep "Area" /etc/mtab | awk '{print "Area is already mounted on " $2}'
else
sudo mount -t cifs -o username='yourusername',password="$mypassword" '//ipaddress/Area' /home/Samba_share/Area && echo "Area is now mounted" || echo "unable to mount Area"
fi
echo " "
echo "All DONE!"
echo " "
read -p "Press ENTER key to close this terminal"
exit
I don't really well understand what I've to put in rc.local.shutdown....
I think somethings like:
#!/bin/bash
# /etc/rc.local.shutdown: Local shutdown script.
echo "This is a custom script for UN-mount citrix share"
echo "********************************************"
echo " "
echo "|check mount state: if mount then un-mount!|"
echo "+-------------------------------------------------------+"
echo " "
if grep "TsHome" /etc/mtab &>/dev/null; then
grep "TsHome" /etc/mtab | awk '{print "TsHome is NOT mounted -> going on..." $2}'
else
sudo umount /home/Samba_share/TsHOME && echo "TsHOME is now UN mounted" || echo "unable to UN-mount TsHOME"
fi
echo " "
if grep "direction" /etc/mtab &>/dev/null; then
grep "direction" /etc/mtab | awk '{print "direction is NOT mounted -> going on.." $2}'
else
sudo umount /home/Samba_share/direction && echo "direction is now UN mounted" || echo "unable to UN-mount direction pat"
fi
echo " "
if grep "Area" /etc/mtab &>/dev/null; then
grep "Area" /etc/mtab | awk '{print "Area is NOT mounted - Finished" $2}'
else
sudo umount /home/Samba_share/Area && echo "Area is now UN mounted" || echo "unable to UN-mount Area"
fi
echo " "
echo "going shutdown"
echo " "
sleep 5
I've try but it seems to ignore the IF statement... this is the output when ALL share are UNmounted:
$ sh /etc/rc.local.shutdown
This is a custom script for UN-mount citrix share
|check mount state: if mount then un-mount!|
+-------------------------------------------------------+
umount: /home/Samba_share/TsHOME: not mounted
unable to UN-mount TsHOME
umount: /home/Samba_share/direction: not mounted
unable to UN-mount direction
umount: /home/Samba_share/Area: not mounted
unable to UN-mount Area
going shutdown
Tomorrow I will test again when I'm at office.
Meanwhile can you check if I made a macroscopic mistakes?
Thank you again!
Last edited by Alexbit (2010-09-23 17:34:49)

Mounting and unmounting drives

Do you have to un-mount an external firewire drive in OS 9 like you do with OS X? Normally in OSX you unmount the drive before powering it down. Does the firewire drive auto mount when you connect it in OS 9? I run OSX but my Dad still uses OS9.2 and I'm planning to get him a firewire drive.
Also, what format do you use when you first set it up? I think the drive comes setup or XP (I'm looking at a Lacie 80G external drive).
Thanks,
Alfredo

Hi, Alfredo -
If the computer is powered off, the drive will unmount and you can turn off the drive after the computer powers down.
Yes.
When the computer is powered up, is it better to first power up the firewire, or can you wait until the computer is up and running to turn on the firewire drive?
Either - but, if you intend to have the drive available during that session, it's better to have the drive powered up before booting the Mac. There have been a few reports of a firewire device in 'off' status but still connected being the cause of an OS upset.
Is there an un-mount command in OS 9, incase you want to disconnect it and not power down the computer.
Yes.
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Problems with mount and unmount of network shares

Hi,
I use an Apple script to mount four network shares during startup of an OS 10.4.4 Powerbook. Unfortunately it seems that Tiger can't always mount them all. Sometimes it only mounts three of them, but pressing Command + K indicates that the fourth is already mounted because it's grayed out. How come I can't see it on neither the desktop nor the favorites list in a Finder window then?
I have a Tiger installation at home with Ciscos VPN Client 4.8 installed. I use that VPN client to gain access to the company's network. When the connection is established, I mount a share (with AFP over TCP/IP) on the company's server running Win2003 and ExtremeZ-IP.
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Pistol -
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Delete the file: System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle then (re)install the previous version.
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Hi,
I am creating a PowerShell script that will give a possibility to mount the NTDS.dit file from the backup and compare the Backup AD with the current AD. If you are interested I can share the unfinished script. The problem is that I want to moun the NTDS.dit
file in a scripted maner. When you mount the file manualy using:
dsamain -dbpath "<path_to_the_NTDS.dit_file>" -ldapPort 10389
the process starts normaly but to end it the user needs to press "Ctrl+C" and once the process is running the script will not conitnue. I want to stop ager certain amount of time. I tried different ways starting the command as different process
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Can anyone tell me how to use stopservice, e.g. give example scripts or equivelent.
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$time_ntds = $time_ntds*60
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Start-Job -Name 'Mounting the NTDS.dit' -ScriptBlock {
Do
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dsamain -dbpath $NTDS_File -ldapPort $LDAP_PortNumber
Until ($False)
}; Start-Sleep -s $time_ntds
start-sleep -Seconds 35
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when i first plugged in the ipod, it initiallized as expected: asked me the 'do you want to sync automatically', etc. questions. and it sync'd.
I prefer disk mode, so i also set that. and, i had to manually eject the ipod.
now, i've had nothing but trouble. on more than several occasions i plug in the ipod and it briefly shows up in the 'source' list of iTunes for 1/2 a second and automatically ejects.
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it took 25 minutes to sync and auto ejected (with disk mode verified on).
now, i'm back to square one. when i plug in the ipod it auto ejects 1/2 second after it appears in itunes.
I cannot even restore the software as, the computer says no ipod is attached--or in the brief 1/2 second it is mounted presents a message that the (current) updater is not compatible with this ipod.
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So, as a followup, I successfully got my misbehaving muic duo to work by doing the following:
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