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Thomas Kaiser
ubuntu at kaiser-linux.li
Sat Jan 5 09:53:46 UTC 2008
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> feisty at feisty-laptop:~$ modprobe -r gspca
> feisty at feisty-laptop:~$ modprobe gspca
> WARNING: Error inserting v4l1_compat
> (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> WARNING: Error inserting v4l2_common
> (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> WARNING: Error inserting videodev
> (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> FATAL: Error inserting gspca
> (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/ubuntu/media/gspcav1/gspca.ko):
> Operation not permitted
>
> As the error was "Operation not permitted" I'm assuming that I need to
> sudo this, but as this is my work system I am leery about trying sudo
> before confirming. Should I sudo those commands?
>
Yes. Only root is allowed to load and remove modules. With sudo in front of the
command you have root rights for this command (I guess you know).
Thomas
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