Re: /dev/video: Operation not permitted
sounds like the driver may not be loaded right.
havent been following the thread but what kind of device are you trying to
use on /dev/video and what drivers are loaded to use it ?
nate
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
e.van. >On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 20:12:45 +0200, Jens P. Elsner wrote:
e.van. >
e.van. >> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Oct 3 17:19 /dev/video ->
e.van. >> > video0
e.van. >> >
e.van. >> > Have I overlooked some obvious thing?
e.van. >> Yes. /dev/video is a symlink. :)
e.van. >>
e.van. >> how about you set the right permissions on /dev/video0 ?
e.van. >
e.van. >Thanks for your response. Maybe I do not understand properly. I
e.van. >understood that the 'Debian way' of doing permission things was by
e.van. >adding users to groups. For example, if a user wants to do ppp, she
e.van. >should be member of 'dip'.
e.van. >If I look at /dev/video0, I get:
e.van. >
e.van. > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Oct 3 17:19 /dev/video0
e.van. >
e.van. >So I assume my membership of group 'video' should work.
e.van. >Also, if I start xawtv when logged in as root, the problems are
e.van. >identical.
e.van. >
e.van. >Not sure how to proceed...
e.van. >
e.van. >--
e.van. > Erik van der Meulen <e.van.der.meulen@avondel.nl>
e.van. >
e.van. >
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