[PD] logitech webcam and GEM

IOhannes m zmoelnig zmoelnig at iem.at
Fri Sep 21 17:17:52 CEST 2007


altern wrote:
> hi
> 
> i am trying to use a USB webcam with GEM on my IBM laptop with Ubuntu 
> Studio but pd gives me an error
> 
> error: failed opening device '/dev/video0'
> 
> the same camera runs perfectly on the same laptop under XP and also on 
> my desktop machine with Ubuntu Studio. All using the same patch and same 
> versions of PD and GEM.
> 

most likely it is a problem with permissions: check whether there is a
file /dev/video0, and check which permissions are set. are you in the
correct group?


mfgadr
IOhannes




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