On 26 Apr 2002 12:38:16 -0400 "Scott Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 09:25, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > > On 26 Apr 2002 02:39:29 -0400 > > "Scott Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am trying to get my Ezonics webcam to work under linux. I have > > > figured out that it uses the ov511 driver. It is usb and I keep > > > trying to get it to work, but no program I use seems to work. I > > > keep getting an error about no such device. > > > > What is the ouptput of 'ls -l /dev/video*'? > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root video 6 Apr 26 01:17 /dev/video -> > video0 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Apr 26 02:32 /dev/video0 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 1 Apr 26 01:17 /dev/video1 > > there are more but they all follow this same pattern. I assume that you're not running the programs that you've attempted as "root", right? based on the permissions provided, that leaves the "video" group. Is the user you've attempted running the programs as a member of the video group? If you're not sure, running "groups <user>" should tell you what groups the user belongs to. Based on the above permissions, only the user "root" and members of "video" can access the video* devices. So, either add the user to the "video" group or change the permissions of the device to allow others (aka world) read/write access. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
