On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 18:14, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> On Sunday 05 October 2003 03:56 pm, ed tharp wrote:
>
> > have you ever tried to see what error messages you get starting it from
> > the cli?
>
> Yep, sure have - here is what it gives:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] darklord]$ gnomemeeting
>
> Literally that, and nothing else. :-)
>
> However, starting it in gui mode does give an error:
>
> Error while opening video device /dev/video0
> The chosen Video Image will be transmitted during calls. If you didn't choose
> any image, then the default GnomeMeeting logo will be transmitted. Notice
> that you can always transmit a given image or the GnomeMeeting logo by
> choosing "Picture" as video device.
>
> Could not open the chosen channel with the chosen video format.
>
> So it comes down to what appears to be permissions on /dev/video0, since root
> can run it.
>
> I've changed it (as has Anne) umpteen times, even opening it to "777" status
> but no go, I've also added every group (but root) to my user account and that
> does not make a diff. either.
>
> We're wide open for ideas here. :-)
who owns /dev/v4l/video?
ie;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] et]# ls -all /dev/vid ('tab' key pressed)
video video0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] et]# ls -all /dev/video0
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10 Sep 28 16:07 /dev/video0 ->
v4l/video 0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] et]# ls -all /dev/video
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10 Sep 28 16:07 /dev/video ->
v4l/video0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] et]# ls -all /dev/v4l/v
vbi0 video0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] et]# ls -all /dev/v4l/video0
crw------- 1 et sys 81, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/v4l/video0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] et]# ls -all /dev/v4l/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 ./
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 ../
crw------- 1 et sys 81, 224 Dec 31 1969 vbi0
crw------- 1 et sys 81, 0 Dec 31 1969 video0
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