On Saturday 20 January 2007 18:53, Damien Sandras wrote: > 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. It has the device name and the major and minor numbers, so it sounds as though I shouldn't have too much problem. Thanks again Anne
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