[GnomeMeeting-list] Re: More webcam problems

[Andy Ruddock <andy ruddock minnesund net>]

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| Message: 4
| From: Norman <norman elliott ntlworld com>
| To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
| Subject: Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] More webcam problems
| Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:30:31 +0000
| Reply-To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
|
| On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 20:18, Anne Wilson wrote:
|
|>> On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 8:02 pm, Norman wrote:
|>
|>>> > On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 19:49, Anne Wilson wrote:
|>>
|>>>> > > On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 7:37 pm, Norman wrote:
|>>>
|>>>>> > > > ls -l /dev/vid*
|>>>>> > > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root   root 10 Nov  4 19:25 /dev/video ->
|>>>>> > > > v4l/video0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root   root 10 Nov  4 19:25
|>>>>> > > > /dev/video0 -> v4l/video0 [root norman dev]# chmod 666
|>>>>> > > > /dev/video0
|>>>>> > > > [root norman dev]# ls -l /dev/vid*
|>>>>> > > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root  10 Nov  4 19:25 /dev/video ->
|>>>>> > > > v4l/video0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root  10 Nov  4 19:25
|>>>>> > > > /dev/video0 -> v4l/video0 again no change.
|>>>
|>>>> > >
|>>>> > > Change the group to one that you are a member of.  And you
|>>>> > > need write permissions on /dev/v4l/video0
|>>>> > >
|>>>> > > Anne
|>>
|>>> >
|>>> > xawtv /dev/video0
|>>> > This is xawtv-3.88, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.22-10mdk)
|>>> > can't open /dev/v4l/video0: No such device
|>>> > v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
|>>> > v4l2: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such device
|>>> > v4l2: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such device
|>>> > v4l: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such device
|>>> > no video grabber device available
|>>> > [root norman dev]# ls -l /dev/vi*
|>>> > lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root           10 Nov  4 19:59
|>>> > /dev/video -> v4l/video0
|>>> > lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root           10 Nov  4 19:59
|>>> > /dev/video0 -> v4l/video0
|>>> > still a problem. Im beginning to think I should go back to
|>>> > what I started with - slackware
|>>> > Norman
|>
|>>
|>> Norman, you are just not listening.  You need permission to
|>> access video0.  You cannot do anything if it is owned by root
|>> with group root.  Please read what has already been said.
|>>
|>> Anne
|>> _______________________________________________
|>> GnomeMeeting-list mailing list
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|>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
|
| Sorry Anne but it has made no difference at all. Even if I start
| up as root at a console and then startx as root I can still not
| get anywhere. Changing the owner to root.video and adding myself
| to the group video make no difference. I am beginning to think MD
| 9.2 is full of bad patches. I have tried various versions of
| ov511 driver starting at 1.65 thru 2.25, various pwlib versions
| and various kernels. I just seem to end up with more and more
| problems.
| I looked at your website suggestions but none of those work
| either. I cannot get and permissions to change even for 1 second.
| Something seems to be seriously wrong somewhere.
| Norman


chmod ug+w /dev/v4l/video0

As was said "And you need write permissions on /dev/v4l/video0"


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