[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 95962] can't import from Canon Powershot A80 without running gphoto first

[Edward Steel]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: f-spot

With current feisty, f-spot 0.3.5-0ubuntu1 and gphoto2 2.2.0 (libgphoto
2.3.0), I am unable to import photos from my Canon Powershot A80. It
gives the following in the console:

Testing gphoto path = usb:001,009
PortInfo Universal Serial Bus, usb:001,009
Error -114: LibGPhoto2.GPhotoException: Unknown Error
  at LibGPhoto2.Error.CheckError (ErrorCode error) [0x00000] 
  at LibGPhoto2.Camera.Init (LibGPhoto2.Context context) [0x00000] 
  at GPhotoCamera.InitializeCamera () [0x00000] 
  at MainWindow.ImportCamera (System.String camera_device) [0x00000]

nothing odd from dmesg:
[23409.588000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 10
[23409.744000] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

nor /var/log/messages:
Mar 25 16:32:39 buster kernel: [22896.768000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9
Mar 25 16:32:39 buster kernel: [22896.924000] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

But it is possible to get f-spot importing. If I run, for example,
`gphoto2 -L ' to list the files, it will do so without errors, then when
I run f-spot again, the camera will be accessed without problems. I
assume gphoto2 is doing some kind of initialisation or configuration
that fixes whatever libgphoto is having when used by F-Spot. Perhaps
this is an upstream bug, would be grateful for pointers on finding more
information.

** Affects: f-spot (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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can't import from Canon Powershot A80 without running gphoto first
https://launchpad.net/bugs/95962