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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. gconf saga, my version (Sander Smeenk)
>    2. Philips ToUCam Pro and kernel 2.4.17 (Titanicus)
>    3. Re: Philips ToUCam Pro and kernel 2.4.17 (Kilian Krause)
>    4. Re: gconf saga, my version (Ricardo Amezquita  Orozco)
>    5. Problem with Slackware package (Pierre)
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:09:47 +0200
> From: Sander Smeenk <ssmeenk freshdot net>
> To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> Subject: [GnomeMeeting-list] gconf saga, my version
> Reply-To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I run Debian and gnomemeeting wouldn't work. My /etc/gconf dir was set
> up properly, galeon worked but gnomemeeting didn't.
> 
> I found out that the 'gnomemeeting.scheme' file wasn't imported in my
> gconf setup. So this is what I did:
> 
> /etc/gconf/schemas# export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=
> /etc/gconf/schemas# gconftool --makefile-install-rule gnomemeeting.schema
> 
> And then gnomemeeting started like a charm!
> 
> I don't know if this is of any value, but I thought, why not mention it.
> 
> Regards,
> Sander.
> 
> -- 
> | If you jog backwards, will you gain weight?
> | 1024D/08CEC94D - 34B3 3314 B146 E13C 70C8  9BDB D463 7E41 08CE C94D
> 
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> 
> Message: 2
> From: Titanicus <titanicus tiscalinet it>
> To: Gnomemeeting <gnomemeeting-list gnome org>
> Date: 04 Apr 2002 23:17:23 +0200
> Subject: [GnomeMeeting-list] Philips ToUCam Pro and kernel 2.4.17
> Reply-To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> 
> Hello, 
> I have a philips pcvc 740k (ToUcam Pro) webcam. 
> I downloaded kernel 2.4.17 form kernel.org, I compiled and enabled as
> modules video4linux, then usb-audio, usb-uhci, usb-ohci, uhci and pwc in
> USB section of the kernel config. 
> In /etc/modules.conf I have 
> alias char-major-180      usbcore 
> alias char-major-81       videodev 
> 
> in that order, but gnomemeeting always says Error opening device video,
> channel 0. 
> I installed PWCX-8.2 in /lib/modules/2.4.17/kernel/drivers/usb 
> (that's the location of pwc.o) and ran 'depmod -a' 
> 
> PWCX-8.2 is compiled for kernel 2.4.18. I tried with and without 'Set
> all symbols in modules' at kernel configuration.
> 
> I have SuSE 7.1 (but many packages are updated since 7.1) and XFree
> 4.1.0 
> I installed pwlib and openh323  RPM's for SuSE. 
> 
> Also, I have the old style /dev, that's 
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root   root    6 Sep 22  2000 /dev/video -> video0 
> crw-rw----    1 root     video     81,   0 Jan 19  2001 /dev/video0 
> the user is 'drusilla' and the command 
> # groups drusilla 
> returns
> drusilla : users uucp dialout video 
> 
> I read the FAQ's, I think I have to put something in /etc/modules.conf,
> maybe 
> alias char-major-xyz  pwc 
> but don't know if it's right or wrong, and which numbers are those
> 'xyz'... 
> 
> Don't know what else to do... :'( 
> Can you help me, please? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Salvatore di Maggio.
> 
> 
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 00:36:13 +0200
> From: Kilian Krause <kk verfaction de>
> To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Philips ToUCam Pro and kernel 2.4.17
> Reply-To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> 
> Hi Titanicus,
> 
> T> I read the FAQ's, I think I have to put something in /etc/modules.conf,
> T> maybe 
> T> alias char-major-xyz  pwc 
> T> but don't know if it's right or wrong, and which numbers are those
> T> 'xyz'... 
> 
> i've no idea what the Philips Webcam is using for driver, but in general you will have it mostly done when your /dev/video0 pictures show up in xawtv (you might want to try that first to be sure it's no GM problem)
> 
> anyway, the major and minor numbers are explained in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt 
> 
> each section starts with the number of its major index..
> then follow the minor indices..
> /dev/video0 should be major 81 and the first device is 0. This is in fact correct with your setup (as your ls -l /dev/video0 proves). i wonder a little why char-major-81 reads videodev in your setup... (that's where you suppose it should read pwc). 
> 
> as reads Documentation/usb/philips.txt:
> the main website is http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam
> 
> for a fast test you can try to just 'modprobe pwc' and see if it works.. i guess this should do the trick, but for any further installation FAQ i would advise you to see the above website for help.. =)
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Kilian
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> /dev/random reads at Friday, April 05, 2002 00:25:
> My other vehicle is a Galaxy Class Starship ...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 4
> To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 21:03:09 -0500
> From: "Ricardo Amezquita  Orozco" <richi lycos com>
> Subject: Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] gconf saga, my version
> Organization: Lycos Mail  (http://mail.lycos.com:80)
> Reply-To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> 
>  I'm also running DEBIAN (woody) and had the same problem. What I did, was to run Gnomemeeting as root, and then it started to work for any user
> 
> Regards
> Ricardo
> --
> 
> On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:09:47   
>  Sander Smeenk wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I run Debian and gnomemeeting wouldn't work. My /etc/gconf dir was set
> >up properly, galeon worked but gnomemeeting didn't.
> >
> >I found out that the 'gnomemeeting.scheme' file wasn't imported in my
> >gconf setup. So this is what I did:
> >
> >/etc/gconf/schemas# export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=
> >/etc/gconf/schemas# gconftool --makefile-install-rule gnomemeeting.schema
> >
> >And then gnomemeeting started like a charm!
> >
> >I don't know if this is of any value, but I thought, why not mention it.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Sander.
> >
> >-- 
> >| If you jog backwards, will you gain weight?
> >| 1024D/08CEC94D - 34B3 3314 B146 E13C 70C8  9BDB D463 7E41 08CE C94D
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> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:42:00 +0200
> From: Pierre <pierre epinetworx com>
> To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> Subject: [GnomeMeeting-list] Problem with Slackware package
> Reply-To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I try to install the gnomemeeting slackware package and i got this :
> 
> 
> # installpkg gmeeting.tgz Installing package gmeeting... PACKAGE 
> DESCRIPTION:
> Executing install script for gmeeting...
> 
> ORBit-ERROR **: Wrong permissions for /tmp/orbit-root
> 
> aborting...
> install/doinst.sh: line 1:  4777 Aborted                 ( gconftool 
> --install-schema-file /etc/opt/gnome/gconf/schemas/gnomemeeting.schema )
> 
> ORBit-ERROR **: Wrong permissions for /tmp/orbit-root
> 
> aborting...
> install/doinst.sh: line 2:  4778 Aborted                 ( gconftool 
> --shutdown )
> 
> 
> 
> It would be great if you could help me with this !
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Pierre.
> 
> 
> 
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