Take a look at file /etc/security/console.perms
Comment out all lines containing "video" or "v4l".
It should work better.
(I didn't understand clearly the role of this file, but everytime a
"normal" user logs on, it modifies the permissions on the files listed in
console.perms).
Good luck !
Willy
At 15:53 Friday 23/03/01 -0800, you wrote:
Can't open device /dev/video
says my w3cam frequently
Even though I made a script
that looks like this:
cat S88ownVideo
chown root:sys /dev/video0
chmod 777 /dev/video0
while sys is a group that I added apache to
and apache is the user under which (per linuxconf) apache accesses CGIs
I got that script linked in rc3.d and rc5.d
sometimes I get that failure
even when the permissions were still fine
Sometimes those permissions don't seem to get changed or get changed after
the change - What would be doing that ?
Sure there is something I should do better - Am all ear !
I have two setups PIII one with a Creative CPIA Cam II
and one with an avermedia BT878 based card
---------------
To all other Java enthusiasts on the list :
Yesterday I found jv4l its at
http://opaque.myip.org/jv4l/
(Hey Swiss Guys - there is someone you can compare notes with)
And naturally "I found it on freshmeat.net (tm)"
http://freshmeat.net/projects/javawebcamservletapplet/ same guy
So thanks everybuddy !
cheeers
Tobias
P.S.:
Am Still Praying for forgivenes for my agressive style the other day !
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