Accessing a Sony Handycam to get the pictures out

[Guest leon244]

I am trying to connect my Sony Handycam DCR-HC40 to my system. I am using Mandrake 10.0 Official using the 2.6.3 kernel. The camera connects via a USB port and when I plug it in the following message is seen in /var/log/messages:

 

kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using address 2

usb.agent[3650]: ... no modules for USB product 54c/2e/500

 

The camera is recognized by the system and /proc/bus/usb/devices shows:

 

T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 10 Spd=12 MxCh= 0

D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1

P: Vendor=054c ProdID=002e Rev= 5.00

S: Manufacturer=Sony

S: Product=Sony DSC

C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA

I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=ff Prot=01 Driver=(none)

E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms

E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms

E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms

 

I am hoping that someone might know a solution. I had one suggestion from a usb forum but that was to edit the /drivers/usb/unusual_dev.h file and rebuild the kernel. As a newbie I was hoping there was a solution that would avoid that. Sony has been no help.

 

Thanks