gphoto for Canon EOS 5D compilation instructions
you MUST use svn rev 10595 or greater. We tested with 10597
Building gphoto on Ubuntu 6.10 (note that default 2.6.17 kernel spinlocks, use custom kernel)
#check out trunk. The checkout will fail when trying to pull the libusb directory
svn co https://gphoto.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gphoto/trunk gphoto
cd gphoto
#fix broken checkout:
svn up bindings/ gphoto2/ gphoto2-manual/ gphotofs/ gphoto-import/ gphoto-suite/ gtkam/ libgphoto2/ m4/ playground/ project-3/ website/
#build libgphoto2
cd libgphoto2
autoreconf -is
./configure --with-camlibs=canon --prefix=/scribe
make
sudo make install
#build gphoto2
cd ../gphoto2
autoreconf -is
./configure --with-libgphoto2=/scribe --prefix=/scribe
make
sudo make install
linux kernel issues
The kernel used by default in Ubuntu 7.04 (feisty) contains usb autosuspend code. Unfortunately, the Canon EOS 5D does not wake back up properly, which makes capturing images impossible. A patch has been submitted, but until it is accepted, you will have to compile a kernel with USB autosuspend turned off. Update: patch accepted, should be in 2.6.23 kernel. Instructions on how we compiled the kernel are below.
The kernel used by default in Ubuntu 6.10 (edgy) contains a bug that causes a spinlock in the jbd layer. This bug will cause a machine to hang in a completely unresponsive state, although you can use a serial console to see assertions firing in jbd. One workaround is to use a newer version of Ubuntu (7.04) with autosuspend turned off. Another is to use ext2 intead of ext3.
Compiling a custom linux kernel
We copied the .config file for the 2.6.17 kernel used by Ubuntu and slightly modified it to turn off usb autosuspend and include the nvidia sata driver.
# Install kernel build pre-reqs
sudo apt-get install linux-kernel-devel initrd-tools libncurses-dev
cd ~
mkdir linux
cd linux
# Download stable kernel tree from www.kernel.org ('F' link)
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.22.2.tar.bz2
tar xjvf linux-2.6.22.2.tar.bz2
cd linux-2.6.22.2
# Copy the Ubuntu kernel .config file into your source tree:
cp /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-12-generic/.config .
# Update the .config with any new entries between 2.6.17 and the current kernel
rev
# (You just want to wail on the ENTER key here to select all of the defaults)
yes '' | make oldconfig
# Edit the .config to disable CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND
perl -p -i.orig -e 's/CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND=y/CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND=n/' .config
# Enable the Nvidia SATA driver
echo CONFIG_ATA=m >> .config
echo CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y >> .config
echo CONFIG_SATA_NV=m >> .config
# Build kernel (dual-cpu system)
make -j3 all
# Install modules & kernel
sudo make install modules_install
# Build the boot-time ramdisk of loadable modules, etc.
sudo mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22.2 2.6.22.2
# Add grub boot section
echo 'Now edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to add a section for the new kernel'
Install custom linux kernel and new nvidia drivers
On homeserver:
cd ~pjw
sudo ssh root@host 'cd /;tar -xjvf -' < new-kernel.tar.bz2
sudo ssh root@host 'cd /home/scribe;tar -xzvf -' < new-kernel-source.tar.gz
scp NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run scribe@host:
Now on the scribe node:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run