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On 04/06/08 13:43, Anton Pussep wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I experience difficulties to access my PTP camera as non-root. The
> camera is a Canon A580, that supports PTP via USB very well. I can
> access the camera as root, but not as a local user.
> 
> Using the gphoto manual
> (http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html) I tried to make
> hotplug and HAL set permissions, but it did not work. For hotplug I
> created a usbcam.usermap and a usbcam script, but the script does not
> get executed. After that I tried HAL, but it seems like there is no
> policy file for gphoto.
> 
> I don't know how to proceed in this problem, may be someone else has an
> idea? Who should be responsible for setting rights in general, hotplug
> or HAL? Why isn't there a policy file for gphoto, when there is an
> information file?

Add yourself to the camera and plugdev groups.

> My system is the current Debian testing with a self-compiled kernel
> 2.6.24.4.

Irrelevant to the question at hand...

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

We want... a Shrubbery!!
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