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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] webcam on Gentoo Logitech C270
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:58:32 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <549796E8.70005@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141222024901.GB4154@syscon7>

On 12/21/2014 06:49 PM, Joseph wrote:
> When I try to run: guvcview
> 
> video device: /dev/video0 ERROR opening V4L2 interface for /dev/video0
> unable to detect video devices on your system (0)
> ERROR opening V4L interface: Permission denied

It can't open the device. You probably aren't in the right group for access.

I suspect it'd be the video group, just do:

ls -lhd /dev/video0

...and see what the permissions are, it's probably going to be root:video.

For my mythtv card, I know for sure it's root:video.

If that's all it is, use gpasswd and add yourself to the group then log
out and in again.

Dan



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-12-22  3:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-21 16:51 [gentoo-user] webcam on Gentoo Logitech C270 Joseph
2014-12-21 17:00 ` Joseph
2014-12-21 17:32   ` wabenbau
2014-12-21 17:56     ` meino.cramer
2014-12-21 18:22       ` Joseph
2014-12-21 18:44         ` meino.cramer
2014-12-21 18:49         ` Joseph
2014-12-21 20:08           ` Alexander Kapshuk
2014-12-22  2:45             ` Joseph
2014-12-22  2:49             ` Joseph
2014-12-22  3:00               ` meino.cramer
2014-12-22  3:25                 ` Joseph
2014-12-22  3:58               ` Daniel Frey [this message]
2014-12-22  4:26                 ` [gentoo-user] webcam on Gentoo Logitech C270 - almost there Joseph
2014-12-21 18:30     ` [gentoo-user] webcam on Gentoo Logitech C270 Joseph

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