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 _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
