- Pressing "Set" + "Display" serves nothing. It is "Set" + the down button of the func/set command just below that allows to see the firmware version and other informations. It is by the way rather uncomfortable to push these two very close buttons at the same time.
The shortcut button to the CHDK menu is sometimes the playback button...and sometimes the "display" button. Quite puzzling ! But funny
The 1st problem I have is that the "firm update" choice is sometimes there...and sometimes not. To be clearer, it appears only after a while. And there seems to be no clear reason for that. When I power up the camera, in general the update choice is not there. After a while, it appears. There seems to be nothing that I can do to speed up the process (I have tried just about every button) but after a while (approximately between 1 and 3 minutes)...there it is.
I have tried to solve it by creating a booting card, but apparently, although I could partition the card, the second drive cannot be seen, neither in the explorer of windows (which is normal), nor on the camera.
Has such an issue already been raised?
Quote from: Reviendu on 04 / October / 2012, 15:58:05- Pressing "Set" + "Display" serves nothing. It is "Set" + the down button of the func/set command just below that allows to see the firmware version and other informations. It is by the way rather uncomfortable to push these two very close buttons at the same time.You only need to do this once to get your firmware version. You'll never need to do it again.
The <ALT> button was recently changes to be "user configurable". You should be able to select either the DISP or Playback button. If its switching around then there is a bug.
Typically, you will only see the firmware update option if you start the camera with the Playback button. If you press the "on/off" button it will not work. On some cameras, it is also reported that you need to go to the Canon menu and find the Firmware Update menu immediately on startup (via the Playback button).
QuoteI have tried to solve it by creating a booting card, but apparently, although I could partition the card, the second drive cannot be seen, neither in the explorer of windows (which is normal), nor on the camera.Did you follow the instructions posted here : http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Prepare_your_SD_card#For_cameras_released_before_2011_:Thousands of people have made this work and it does work for the IXUS100-SD780.It's actually worth reading through that whole wiki page, by the way.
QuoteTypically, you will only see the firmware update option if you start the camera with the Playback button. If you press the "on/off" button it will not work. On some cameras, it is also reported that you need to go to the Canon menu and find the Firmware Update menu immediately on startup (via the Playback button).I did not see that (starting the camera with the Playback button) mentioned anywhere, and it works perfectly
Haven't tried the EOScard method, though, I think the reason I haven't is that I could not yet figure out how to format the card in FAT16.
Quote from: Reviendu on 04 / October / 2012, 16:47:35I did not see that (starting the camera with the Playback button) mentioned anywhere, and it works perfectly I've tried to add that note everywhere I can find the "Firmware Update" method described - including the link I posted on formatting your SD card. If you find some spots where its misssing, please post links here ?
I did not see that (starting the camera with the Playback button) mentioned anywhere, and it works perfectly
QuoteHaven't tried the EOScard method, though, I think the reason I haven't is that I could not yet figure out how to format the card in FAT16.EOSCard won't format the SD card for you. Its only job is to write the BOOTDISK string in the right place in the card's bootblock.
My main working tool, and maybe it was a mistake, was the readme.txt delivered with CHDK. I could not find that mentioned. I think I also checked the FAQ and found nothing.
Now that I know it exists, I found it in 2 places. But, for example, on the "CHDK firmware usage" page, I find this text: "restart the camera with the playback button, go into the main menu, select "firm. update" (this only shows up in my camera if the camera is started in playback mode)". Well, maybe it is a language issue but the part between the brackets does not seem clear enough to me for that concern and thus is puzzling. Maybe it's just me (after all, english is my third language), but I think I would have written (new text in bold): this only shows up in my camera if the camera is started using the playback mode button instead of the power button.
Yes, I know that, therefore I must find a way to format the card first using another tool. Win7 does not seem to be capable to do that so I lack a tool. I may just decide to ask my son to take care of it
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