Mike Chandler([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Thursday 15 April 2004 08:33 am, steef wrote: > > H. S. wrote: > > > Apparently, _Mike Chandler_, on 04/15/04 10:09,typed: [-Big Snip-] > Thanks for that, I tried to apt-get usbmgr, but it wanted to uninstall > hotplug. > I'm not sure thats what I want to do, do I? > Here's what I have: > gphoto2 > libgphoto2 > gtkam > digikam > > Now, using digikam I can access the camera as root, but that's it. > gtkam won't access it at all. > Weird.
I did this a few months back so can't remember (Old Age) where I read it. You have to edit /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam to get users priviliges. Change USER=root to the user you want to run as. :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) Wayne -- A computer's attention span is as long as its power cord. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]