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Bischi
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 Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 6:48 pm Post subject: Webcam and Video4Linux problems |
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| I installed Gentoo and my Philips USB webcam. It runs very well, but only if I am logged in as root. When I login as a normal user, the capture program says, that I don t have the permission to access the video0 device. How can I change that ? |
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delta407
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| Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Edit the permissions for the necessary device(s) in /etc/devfsd.conf. |
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rogue
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| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 10:49 pm Post subject: webcam software |
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just out of curiousity, what webcam software are you using?
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tomte
Tux's lil' helper
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| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 10:59 pm Post subject: Re: Webcam and Video4Linux problems |
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| Bischi wrote: | | I installed Gentoo and my Philips USB webcam. It runs very well, but only if I am logged in as root. When I login as a normal user, the capture program says, that I don t have the permission to access the video0 device. How can I change that ? |
the user must belong to the video group
e.g. run as root
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usermod -g users -G audio,video,wheel,cdrom,cdrw,cron name
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after that, the user 'name' will be able to access video- and audio devices,
su to root, access cdrom and cdrw devices, and install cron jobs
should be enough 
regards,
tom |
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