Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] More webcam problems

[Christian Burger <cburger terra com br>]

This is clearly a driver problem.
The driver is incomplete, the only solution is to fix the driver.
Look at http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511 for details and follow the instructions.
This is NOT a permissions issue, trust me. 
I think the driver is missing something when it's loaded in the kernel and the 
camera resources are not being handled at all.
Check you /var/log/messages and look for ov511 and read the FAQ in the link 
above.
Good luck.


On November 4, 2003 06:30 pm, Norman wrote:
> 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
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> 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
>
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