Created attachment 18477 [details]
lshal outputs

Hello.

When I connect HP PhotoSmart 618 set to mass storage (aka USB Disk Device) mode, the system is unable to recognize it as a disk drive. It looks like this:

usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 29
usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 29
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 4-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd kio_kamera rqt 33 rq 102 len 0 ret -110
usb 4-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd kio_kamera rqt 33 rq 102 len 0 ret -110

I've tracked this problem down to file /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-camera-ptp.fdi which belongs to package hal-info. If I remove the file and restart hald, it works:

usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 31
usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi12 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 31
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (5), using 36
scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HP       CAMERA           A002 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] 62337 512-byte hardware sectors (32 MB)
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0f 00 00 00
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] 62337 512-byte hardware sectors (32 MB)
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0f 00 00 00
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb: sdb1
sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

I also attach lshal outputs for the first and second case (numbered respectively).