The default user not a member of group video
The programs which I have used for the camera are Kamerka and Muikku. - Tommi Höynälänmaa -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: The default user not a member of group video
On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:00:20 + ubuntu-devel-discuss-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > It seems that the default user is not a member of group video by default in > > Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Consequently e.g. the builtin cameras of laptops do not > > work unless you add the default user to the group video. I think that the > > default user should be a member of group video by default. > > I know logind manages permissions for audio devices for the active user, so I > am sure the same thing is done for video devices. What software have you > tried to use that has not been able to work with your webcam? I have no > problem using my webcam with google hangouts here, and I am not in the video > group. Personally I strip the permissions from logind and annoyingly found that I needed to add my user to /etc/group which is easily found, transparent and correctly protected by the filesystem in a central traditional and cross-unix location. Just because logind has come from RedHat who seem to avoid doing things the correct way with Debian doing it more correctly (in the past atleast, I no longer track debian) is surely no reason for Linux not to continue doing things correctly in general? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: The default user not a member of group video
On Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 02:09:41AM AEDT, Tommi Höynälänmaa wrote: > It seems that the default user is not a member of group video by default in > Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Consequently e.g. the builtin cameras of laptops do not > work unless you add the default user to the group video. I think that the > default user should be a member of group video by default. I know logind manages permissions for audio devices for the active user, so I am sure the same thing is done for video devices. What software have you tried to use that has not been able to work with your webcam? I have no problem using my webcam with google hangouts here, and I am not in the video group. Luke -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
The default user not a member of group video
It seems that the default user is not a member of group video by default in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Consequently e.g. the builtin cameras of laptops do not work unless you add the default user to the group video. I think that the default user should be a member of group video by default. - Tommi Höynälänmaa -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
