Could someone please look over this exchange from the GnomeMeeting list and tell me what the equivalent file is in Mandrake. Or indeed, anything else that makes sense when you've read through.
Anne On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 9:58 pm, Stefan Bruens wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 10. September 2003 22:03 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 8:07 pm, PUYDT Julien wrote: > > > Then no wonder the error message is the same: change the perms > > > to a more sensible 660, and the owner to root:video, and that > > > should work. > > > > OK - now it's > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# ls -l /dev/v4l/ > > total 0 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Jan 1 1970 video0 > > > > > > If I launch as root I have a picture. If I launch as anne I > > still get the same message > > > > Later... > > > > I've just discovered that I can change owner, group and perms, > > and they list ok, but if I log out and back in they have > > reverted. I must be missing something vital here, and perhaps > > that's what's causing the problems. > > This is done in accordance to /etc/logindevperm. > > As you said, the directory /dev/v4l belongs to root.video, check > that the _directory_ /dev/v4l is accessible by users belonging to > group video, so this should be 750 for the directory and 660 for > the device. > > Make shure to change /etc/logindevperm accordingly. > > Stefan -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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