Re: accessing webcam as normal user

2017-02-13 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 01:22:30PM GMT, Neil Telford wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering how to access my webcam as a normal user. I verified that it > does work, but I can only access it as root. Therefore, it is currently not > available for web-based video calls. > > If I run ls -la /dev/video0, it

Re: accessing webcam as normal user

2017-02-13 Thread Alexander Hall
On 02/13/17 20:46, Neil Telford wrote: Just to clarify, what was the exact line you added to /etc/fstab ? It's fbtab, not fstab. $ man fbtab /Alexander Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/accessing-webcam-as-normal-user-tp313074p3

Re: accessing webcam as normal user

2017-02-13 Thread Neil Telford
Just to clarify, what was the exact line you added to /etc/fstab ? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/accessing-webcam-as-normal-user-tp313074p313091.html Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: accessing webcam as normal user

2017-02-13 Thread Mihai Popescu
> I'm wondering how to access my webcam as a normal user. I have added /dev/video0 in file /etc/fbtab after all the existing devices. I'm not sure this is the best option.

accessing webcam as normal user

2017-02-13 Thread Neil Telford
o As I am a member of the wheel group, I should in theory be able to access it, What am I missing here ? Thanks, Neil,. -- View this message in context: http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/accessing-webcam-as-normal-user-tp313074.html Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list ar