Am Mittwoch, 10. September 2003 22:03 schrieb Anne Wilson: > On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 8:07 pm, PUYDT Julien wrote: > > Then no wonder the error message is the same: change the perms to a > > more sensible 660, and the owner to root:video, and that should > > work. > > OK - now it's > [root anne-linux anne]# ls -l /dev/v4l/ > total 0 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Jan 1 1970 video0 > > > If I launch as root I have a picture. If I launch as anne I still get > the same message > > Later... > > I've just discovered that I can change owner, group and perms, and > they list ok, but if I log out and back in they have reverted. I > must be missing something vital here, and perhaps that's what's > causing the problems. This is done in accordance to /etc/logindevperm. As you said, the directory /dev/v4l belongs to root.video, check that the _directory_ /dev/v4l is accessible by users belonging to group video, so this should be 750 for the directory and 660 for the device. Make shure to change /etc/logindevperm accordingly. Stefan -- Stefan Brüns / Kastanienweg 6 - Zimmer 1206 / 52074 Aachen mailto:lurch gmx li http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~lurchi/ fax: +49-89-1488204565 phone: +49-160-7532733
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