need help mounting usb camera

[Sir Light]

Alex,
---- Alex Dean <alex at crackpot.org> wrote: 
> Xubuntu 7.10 on a Thinkpad T40.  Trying to connect a Canon Powershot A40 
> camera.
> 
> I'm plugging in the camera, and it's not mounting automatically.  I'm 
> not sure what steps to take to get it working.  I'm not familiar with 
> all the steps to get from a USB device to a filesystem mount.
> 

On Fedora, there is program called "Removable Drives and Media Preferences. Within that, there is a option to run a program whenever a camera gets plugged in. Might there be in for Xuburtu?

Jon