-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH+TodS9HxQb37XmcRAl+jAKCRlnXngx2ID9/svLBQlq7qO62epQCeI3s2 niYmNNxULfsIQR239xkxyvI= =5V3n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]