Rapid Photo Downloader can't connect to my Fujifilm XT30 II

Software Rapid Photo Downloader
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Hi,

I just tried Rapid Photo Downloader and it can’t connect to my Fujifilm XT30 II, I have an error message saying it is not possible to connect to my camera.

My camera is connected via usb to my Manjaro Xfce laptop.

Thank you for any suggestions.

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Here is the bug report: Transfert FACiLe

I am using Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.36

Thank you.

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Did you see this bug report?

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Thank you.

I guess I have to follow this procedure:

  1. Download a zip archive of the main branch for Rapid Photo Downloader from GitHub. On the home page for this project, you should see a green button that says Code. Use that. There is no need to use git unless you really want to.
  2. I’m going to assume you have Rapid Photo Downloader already installed, meaning all its dependencies are already met.
  3. Extract the code into a subfolder. I will assume it is called rapid-photo-downloader, located in your home folder.
  4. Within a terminal window, set the following temporary environment variable to use the new subfolder containing the Rapid Photo Downloader code: export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/rapid-photo-downloader"
  5. Within the same terminal window, run the program: python3 ~/rapid-photo-downloader/raphodo/rapid.py --debug. On your system you may need to use python instead of python3, depending on how your system is configured.
  6. If you are still seeing the bug, export another temporary environment variable: export RPD_SCAN_DEBUG=1
  7. Replicate the problem after setting that second temporary environment variable, which will fill the log files with additional debug information.
  8. Upload the debug tarball that the program generates here. With that 2nd environment variable, the log files will have more detailed information that may help diagnose any problem.
  9. You can delete the subfolder rapid-photo-downloader when you are done.

I will when I have more time next week.

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As the bug report a linked to shows, some versions of libgphoto2 are experiencing problems with Fuji cameras.

Although Rapid Photo Downloader uses libgphoto2 to interact with cameras, libgphoto2 is a completely different project from Rapid Photo Downloader. Reinstalling Rapid Photo Downloader will do nothing to solve the problem. The only way you can solve the problem is to use a version of libgphoto2 that works with Fuji cameras.