non-root can't access dv device

[Scott James Remnant]

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 13:58 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 12:14 +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote: 
>  
> > The error message is misleading, the fact the device exists means the
> > module has been loaded correctly by udev.  The real "error" is that the
> > permissions do not allow ordinary users to write to the device.
> Okay I see the problem - but the error message is right isn't it: "...or
> failure to read/write /dev/raw1394!"?
> 
> So the issue is how should Ubuntu be setup so that a normal user can
> safely do dv capture? Is dv1394 which Martijn mentions part of the
> solution?
> 
The dv1394 device, and video1394, are set up to allow users in the video
group to read and write to them.

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
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