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Bischi
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 6:48 pm    Post subject: Webcam and Video4Linux problems Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Edit the permissions for the necessary device(s) in /etc/devfsd.conf.
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rogue
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 10:49 pm    Post subject: webcam software Reply with quote

just out of curiousity, what webcam software are you using?
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tomte
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 10:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Webcam and Video4Linux problems Reply with quote

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
Code:

usermod -g users -G audio,video,wheel,cdrom,cdrw,cron name

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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