On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 5:47 PM Klaus Singvogel <deb-user...@singvogel.net> wrote: > > gene heskett wrote: > > Installed all that I *think* about 30 pkgs, dmesg says new device fw1, and > > it exists now in /dev/, but VLC can't open device, see logs but other than > > the plug in report, no connection. > > The advice of Jeffrey Walton to change the permission would be my first help > too. > > fw1 indicates to be a FireWire device, so I'm out; never possessed one. > > But I stumble about the uncommon naming: usually it's fw0, not fw1. > Do you have a second FireWire device already plugged in, or can the naming > somehow else be explained (by slot number)? > If not, I would suggest a reboot of the machine, because I assume a jam in > the kernel then. > > But as said, no experience here. > > Maybe someone else can step in?
It didn't occur to me fw was firewire. According to this old Ubuntu page, there is a firewire group.[1] I can't find a similar Debian wiki page. If Gene is already in the firewire group, then I would look at udev rules. udev may be setting permissions to root:root instead of root:firewire. [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FireWire/oldPages/Firewire01 Jeff