Recognizing digital camera via USB

I recently recently reinstalled 10.3 on my iBook using the 'Archive' option. Since reinstallation, my iBook will not recognize my digital camera that is connected via USB.
I have verified permissions and zapped pram. The USB ports work fine with my printer.
Any idea how to proceed to get the camera recognized?
Thanks for any help - direction.

I understand your frustration.
Does Apple System Profiler see anything connected to your USB port? With the camera connected and turned on, click "About This Mac" at the top of the Apple menu, then click "More Info" in the window that follows, and "USB" in the ASP window. When you click on each of your two USB ports in the upper right portion of the ASP window, what is shown below for connected devices? If there's nothing there, some sort of hardware problem would seem to be indicated — and the fact that your ports work with other devices suggests that if there's a hardware problem, it's in the camera or its USB cable. The fact that both were working before you reinstalled the OS doesn't absolutely guarantee that both are still working, though the temporal coincidence of a failure in one of them with your OS reinstallation does strain credulity a little.
...the camera was recognized by my computer before I reinstalled the OS.
That's why I initially surmised that the current failure to do so might be due to software (a driver or extension) that was deactivated when you archived your old OS. But it could instead be because of some software setting or preference that was selected before the reinstallation, archived with the old OS, and now needs to be selected again. Unfortunately, I can't think what it might be. I hope someone else will come along with a bright idea for you.

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