-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/06/08 18:30, Anton Pussep wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 04/06/08 16:31, Anton Pussep wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> On 04/06/08 13:43, Anton Pussep wrote: >>>>> 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. >>> There is no group "camera" in my system. I added myself to the group >>> "plugdev", however, but it did not help. >> >> Then you need to create it. BTW, what branch are you running? > > I did, but it didn't help. I still couldn't find any file that refers to > the "camera" group. I am running Debian lenny (testing), last upgraded > on 6th of April 2008. > >>> My main question is where are the permissions set? They are not >>> hardcoded or set magically I guess, there must be a script that is >>> responsible for doing so. >> >> By udev. > > Okay, there is a file /etc/udev/libgphoto2.rules, it only mentions the > "plugdev" group. But even though my user is in that group (and also > "camera"), it still does not work.
Here's a thought: did you log all the way out after adding yourself to that group? > So which devices group is supposed to be set to "plugdev" or "camera", > anyway? dmesg output says: > > usb 2-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 > usb 2-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > But this doesn't really help. Does it or /var/log/syslog indicate anything else? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH+YFLS9HxQb37XmcRAhwFAJ4+t3ULjw71R1vBBMOLrOkLStsvagCdHPIo nrb14gpsJIkDgqHUuUoJeSU= =/ek3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
