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How to access a digital camera on WSL2

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Description

When I connect the digital camera to the PC, Explorer in Win 11 displays it as `Canon PowerShot SX70 HS` **without** drive letter.

On GNU/Linux Mint 22.1 more or less the same thing happens and I see an icon on the Desktop with the same name **BUT** from command line I can access it

```
ls -lrt /run/user/1000/gvfs/'gphoto...canon...BLA BLA'
```

So in WSL2 I installed the gphotofs and friend packages as on Mint machine **BUT** I do not find the DC on WSL2...

What should I do?
Is it possible do the same on WSL2?

For the sake of completeness, usually I mount a pendrive with, for example:

```
sudo mount -t drvfs e: /mnt/wsl -o uid=$(id -u $USER),gid=$(id -g $USER),metadata
```

but in this case there is not drive letter...

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Research direction

Start by comparing the working GNU/Linux Mint setup using gphotofs and /run/user/1000/gvfs with the WSL2 environment. Check how the camera is exposed when it has no Windows drive letter and whether the listed drvfs mount approach applies; done means establishing and documenting a supported way to access the camera, or confirming that WSL2 cannot do so.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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