[Kstars-devel] Hello: my first post and question

[Jasem Mutlaq]

--- Carlo Vinante <c.vinante at tiscali.it> wrote:

> Hello everybody
> 
> I've just subscribe this ML and I would introduce
> myself.
> Amateur astronomer since 1990, I started to use CCDs
> in 90s starting with a 
> Lynxx PC (equipped with a TI TC211 ccd).
> I have very little experience as programmes, mainly
> with Pascal and a little 
> C.
> Started to use Linux some years ago, my experience
> is limited to a simple 
> configuration. I mean that I'm still having some
> problem expecially on 
> configuring some special piece of hardware, like usb
> stuffs.
> Actually I'm running a Debian Etch with KDE on a
> "old" notebook Compaq 
> Presario 2700.
> My CCD is a Finger Lake CM1-1 attached to a
> Celestron C 9 ¼.
> 
> Here comes the question:
> 
> I've tried to setup and configure the FLI ccd on
> kstars (btwy, very nice 
> program !) but I'm not able to do this.
> I can see the camera corrected identified but I'm
> not able to connect to it.
> Where is my mistake ?  Permission ?  
> Where I could find some documentation ?

Your fliccd driver needs to be suid root. Please try
doing that and let me know if it works.

Regards,
Jasem

> 
> Many thanks for the help
> compliments from 
> Carlo Vinante
> 
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