Folks,
My SuSE 8.0 installation included gphoto & gphoto2, so they are there. The usb ports used for the camera connection (/dev/usb/dc2xx0 according to gphoto2), however, were all owned by root and group root. So, of course, my user doesn't happen to have access to them. I can access and download the files as root, but I prefer not to do that. I changed the ports (dc2xx) to be root/users ownership, but still don't have access when logged in as a normal user. Currently my /dev/usb directory looks like this: crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 112 Mar 23 11:50 auer0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 113 Mar 23 11:50 auer1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 114 Mar 23 11:50 auer2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 115 Mar 23 11:50 auer3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 116 Mar 23 11:50 auer4 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 117 Mar 23 11:50 auer5 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 118 Mar 23 11:50 auer6 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 119 Mar 23 11:50 auer7 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 240 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 241 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 242 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 243 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 244 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb4 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 245 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb5 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 246 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb6 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 247 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb7 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 80 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx0 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 81 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx1 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 82 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx2 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 83 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx3 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 84 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx4 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 85 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx5 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 86 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx6 crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 87 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx7 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 32 Mar 23 11:50 ez0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 33 Mar 23 11:50 ez1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 34 Mar 23 11:50 ez2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 35 Mar 23 11:50 ez3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 36 Mar 23 11:50 ez4 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 37 Mar 23 11:50 ez5 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 38 Mar 23 11:50 ez6 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 39 Mar 23 11:50 ez7 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Mar 23 11:50 lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 1 Mar 23 11:50 lp1 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 2 Mar 23 11:50 lp2 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 3 Mar 23 11:50 lp3 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 4 Mar 23 11:50 lp4 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 5 Mar 23 11:50 lp5 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 6 Mar 23 11:50 lp6 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 7 Mar 23 11:50 lp7 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 16 Mar 23 11:50 mouse0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 17 Mar 23 11:50 mouse1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 18 Mar 23 11:50 mouse2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 19 Mar 23 11:50 mouse3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 20 Mar 23 11:50 mouse4 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 21 Mar 23 11:50 mouse5 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 22 Mar 23 11:50 mouse6 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 23 Mar 23 11:50 mouse7 crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 64 Mar 23 11:50 rio500 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 48 Mar 23 11:50 scanner0 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 49 Mar 23 11:50 scanner1 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 50 Mar 23 11:50 scanner2 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 51 Mar 23 11:50 scanner3 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 52 Mar 23 11:50 scanner4 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 53 Mar 23 11:50 scanner5 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 54 Mar 23 11:50 scanner6 crw------- 1 tom users 180, 55 Mar 23 11:50 scanner7 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 0 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB0 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 1 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB1 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 10 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB10 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 11 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB11 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 12 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB12 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 13 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB13 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 14 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB14 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 15 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB15 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 2 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB2 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 3 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB3 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 4 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB4 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 5 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB5 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 6 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB6 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 7 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB7 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 8 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB8 crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 9 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB9 I'm looking for suggestions as to the best way to make the USB ports accessible to a standard user (specifically so I can use the USB Visor cradle and the USB Camera connection). In Harmony's Way and In A Chord, Tom ;-}) Barbershop Bass Singer _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.