non-root can't access dv device

Martijn van de Streek martijn at foodfight.org
Mon Mar 20 10:20:18 GMT 2006


On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Duncan Lithgow wrote:

> > Edit -> Preferences -> IEEE1394 -> set 'Driver' to dv1394 and put
> > '/dev/dv1394-0' in the text box right of the driver selector.
> > 
> > Then press OK and it should work (it might become /dev/dv1394-1 if you have
> > more than one camera)
> Thanks for your help Martijn
> 
> I've just done that and it hasn't made any difference.
> edit > preferences > ieee1394 driver: dv1394 /dev/dv1394-0
> nothing else changed. Do you run kino as root?

No. I just go to the 'capture' tab, click the 'Record' button and press the
'Play' button on my camera.

Martijn
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