[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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