maillog: 20/01/2007-20:04:19(+0100): Damien Sandras types > Le samedi 20 janvier 2007 à 19:02 +0000, Anne Wilson a écrit : > > On Saturday 20 January 2007 18:53, Damien Sandras wrote: > > > Le samedi 20 janvier 2007 à 12:30 +0000, Anne Wilson a écrit : > > > > On Saturday 20 January 2007 10:28, Damien Sandras wrote: > > > > > Le vendredi 19 janvier 2007 à 17:51 +0000, Anne Wilson a écrit : > > > > > > Can Ekiga be pointed at /dev/webcam, instead of /dev/video0? I > > > > > > can't > > > > > > see where this can be done. > > > > > > > > > > No it can't. However, it should not be required. Ekiga will scan /dev > > > > > for entries with the correct major and minor numbers for video, and > > > > > hence detect all well configured devices. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply, Damien. Georgi added > > > > > > > > ... (if no /dev/video* devices are detected) ... > > > > > > > > There is often /dev/video0 and /dev/video1. I'm trying to use > > > > persistent > > > > symlinks to get around this, with /dev/webcam being used to track which > > > > video* the webcam is attached to. In the presence of all three of > > > > these, > > > > will ekiga actually find the right connection? > > > > > > > > > > > >From what I can see, it first reads /proc/video/dev and then /dev > > > > > > entirely, looking for devices with the expected major & minor numbers. > > > > > > If /dev/webcam has those numbers, I am sure Ekiga will find the device. > > > If it is a symlink, it will probably ignore it and look for the real > > > device instead. > > > > It has the device name and the major and minor numbers, so it sounds as > > though > > I shouldn't have too much problem. > > Indeed. > > However, I think that it only scans through the whole /dev directory if > and only if /proc/video/dev didn't return any results. > > Not sure though.
Oops, I assumed that /proc/video/dev is something that always exists. Apologies. -- /\ Georgi Georgiev /\ You may get an opportunity for advancement /\ \/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \/ today. Watch it! \/ /\ http://www.gg3.net/ /\ /\ _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
