Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga and sources

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le samedi 20 janvier 2007 �9:02 +0000, Anne Wilson a �it :
> On Saturday 20 January 2007 18:53, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > Le samedi 20 janvier 2007 �2:30 +0000, Anne Wilson a �it :
> > > On Saturday 20 January 2007 10:28, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > > > Le vendredi 19 janvier 2007 �7:51 +0000, Anne Wilson a �it :
> > > > > 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.

Indeed.

However, I think that it only scans through the whole /dev directory if
and only if /proc/video/dev didn't return any results.

Not sure though.
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