On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 06:18:07AM +0200, Tapio Lehtonen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 08:17:42PM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 07:31:16AM +0200, Tapio Lehtonen wrote: > > > Root can rmmod those modules, but I need to find a way for ordinary > > > users to use this camera alternatively as a webcam or with gphoto2. I > =============
OK > > > hope something less risky than sudo rmmod/sudo modprobe is > > > possible. > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > I do not know exact answer but the modules seems to be loaded by trhe > > hotplug. > > > > Did you look into /etc/hotplug/* especially /etc/hotplug/blacklist > > and files etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/* . > > > > Maybe listing stv* modules in these blacklist may prevent them loading. > > > > But then the camera will not work as a webcam at all. What I want, is > to tell the system which way I use the camera this time. So when I > plug it in the USB, for webcam use the stv* modules are loaded, and > for still camera use they are not loaded. > > I could use this cheapo camera only as a webcam, and use my good > camera for still shots, but there at least should be a way. > > And I know root can rmmod those modules, that is what I do now. But I > don't want to give root password to users, and sudo rmmod seems too > risky. Then you should create setuid program (C or Perl,...) which create and remove /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/somefile. Then user can change this and only this. This can be simple C program with systemm call lists :-) > > I see new modules, hotplug and udeb will be point of confusion for a > > moment for me. I just had bad kernel crash after trying to update to > > 2.6.9 series while updating some 2.6.8. New Debian CD is not as simple > > to use as a rescue disk since it uses a lot modules. .... > > I use Knoppix as rescue CD. Good idea. Maybe I should burn it too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
