Strange udev camera problem and solution?

[Richard Mancusi]

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On 4/4/07, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
> Not to imply I know what I'm talking about :), but it says BUS!="usb".
> When it processes a USB camera, BUS should equal usb, right?  Well,
> that's probably what was going through the head of the person who
> drafted those rules.  Why it doesn't work, I have no idea.  However, in
> Dapper it says:
>
> SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", GOTO="libgphoto2_rules_end"

The "fix" in Feisty reads:
SUBSYSTEM!="usb*", GOTO="libgphoto2_rules_end"

I haven't had time to test it yet with my camera.  But I had the same
results as had been posted here with Dapper and Edgy.

hth
-rich

>
> I would recommend trying that, because checking all those rules for
> every device probably slows down the system.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>