[Ekiga-list] Ekiga and sources

[Damien Sandras]

Le samedi 20 janvier 2007 à 12:30 +0000, Anne Wilson a écrit :
> On Saturday 20 January 2007 10:28, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > Le vendredi 19 janvier 2007 à 17:51 +0000, Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > Can Ekiga be pointed at /dev/webcam, instead of /dev/video0?  I can't see
> > > where this can be done.
> >
> > No it can't. However, it should not be required. Ekiga will scan /dev
> > for entries with the correct major and minor numbers for video, and
> > hence detect all well configured devices.
> 
> Thanks for the reply, Damien.  Georgi added
> 
> ... (if no /dev/video* devices are detected) ...
> 
> There is often /dev/video0 and /dev/video1.  I'm trying to use persistent 
> symlinks to get around this, with /dev/webcam being used to track which 
> video* the webcam is attached to.  In the presence of all three of these, 
> will ekiga actually find the right connection?
> 

>From what I can see, it first reads /proc/video/dev and then /dev
entirely, looking for devices with the expected major & minor numbers.

If /dev/webcam has those numbers, I am sure Ekiga will find the device.
If it is a symlink, it will probably ignore it and look for the real
device instead.
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