Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Newbie: slow video

[Miguel Rodríguez <migrax terra es>]

El lun, 10-12-2001 a las 15:40, Paul Nixon escribió:
> Okay, when I start Gnome and log in as myself (not root), GM starts
> automatically but immediately says "Error opening video device /dev/video,
> channel 0. Then says it's displaying the test pattern. Also, error opening
> device.
> 
> I click "Okay" and then click "Settings/Device Settings" and change the
> channel from 0 to 1. GM gives the same error as previously except now the
> problem is with channel 1.
> 
> Here's the problem. If I run GM as root it attempts to discover available
> video devices and *loads the appropriate modules* for the bt848 card. So
> when GM actually comes up I'm ready to go.
> 
> However, bringing GM up as normal user does NOT load the modules and thus GM
> does not initialize the video capture hardware because no drivers have been
> loaded for it. This is why I had to use KWintv. Question is: why does my
> running KWintv as normal user load the modules while running GM as normal
> user does not?
> 
Maybe your KWintv is setuid root. It looks like you don't have
permission no read/write /dev/video...
> As for framerates, on the source computer I'm getting what appears to be
> around 15fps (1.2GHz Athlon TBird, 256MB, Radeon AIW). On the Windows
> Netmeeting system (1.2GHz Athlon TBird, 256MB, Kyro II) I get perhaps 2 fps.
> I have not tested GM to GM but will do so at the earliest opportunity.
> 
> Thanks for the help and suggestions, I appreciate it.
> 
> Paul Nixon
> 
> 
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