[Digikam-users] Sony DSC-S40 Cyber-shot

[Gerhard Kulzer]

Am Samstag, 15. Juli 2006 15:39 schrieb David Matthews:
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:00:17 +0200
>
> digikam-users-request at kde.org wrote:
> > digiKam relies on gphoto2, it uses its API to interface the cameras.
>
> yes I understand this
>
> > David, if you have root access and no user access I guess that gphoto is
> > installed but you are not member of the 'camera' group. The udev/hotplug
> > scripts that come with gphoto will set the device to 660 or 664 with
> > root:camera ownership. I my diagnosis is right just do as root:
> > $ addgroup 'user' camera
>
> Thanks for this is interesting suggestion Gerhard!  However there is no
> camera group on my system and I look in vain for any scripts in the
> packages I have that might alter device permissions. Incidently, I have
> unofficial Slackware packages for digikam and all its dependancies, maybe I
> should have compiled from source, but the the linux packages site had
> excellent reviews for them.
>
> If I just know what device is involved I can change its permissions
> manually.
Well I don't know slackware. But look what /etc/hotplug/usb/libgphoto2 does. 
If it calls out for a group=camera you should add this id to the groups and 
add your id to camera.

The device can be known from lsusb.

Gerhard
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