On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 08:17:42PM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 07:31:16AM +0200, Tapio Lehtonen wrote:
> > Root can rmmod those modules, but I need to find a way for ordinary
> > users to use this camera alternatively as a webcam or with gphoto2. I
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> > hope something less risky than sudo rmmod/sudo modprobe is
> > possible.
> >
> > Suggestions?
>
> I do not know exact answer but the modules seems to be loaded by trhe
> hotplug.
>
> Did you look into /etc/hotplug/* especially /etc/hotplug/blacklist
> and files etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/* .
>
> Maybe listing stv* modules in these blacklist may prevent them loading.
>
But then the camera will not work as a webcam at all. What I want, is
to tell the system which way I use the camera this time. So when I
plug it in the USB, for webcam use the stv* modules are loaded, and
for still camera use they are not loaded.
I could use this cheapo camera only as a webcam, and use my good
camera for still shots, but there at least should be a way.
And I know root can rmmod those modules, that is what I do now. But I
don't want to give root password to users, and sudo rmmod seems too
risky.
> I see new modules, hotplug and udeb will be point of confusion for a
> moment for me. I just had bad kernel crash after trying to update to
> 2.6.9 series while updating some 2.6.8. New Debian CD is not as simple
> to use as a rescue disk since it uses a lot modules. ....
I use Knoppix as rescue CD.
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