Re: Philips webcam

[Thomas Kaiser]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

 > feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ modprobe -r gspca
 > feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ modprobe gspca
 > WARNING: Error inserting v4l1_compat
 > (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat.ko):
 > Operation not permitted
 > WARNING: Error inserting v4l2_common
 > (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.ko):
 > Operation not permitted
 > WARNING: Error inserting videodev
 > (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.ko):
 > Operation not permitted
 > FATAL: Error inserting gspca
 > (/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/ubuntu/media/gspcav1/gspca.ko):
 > Operation not permitted
 >
 > As the error was "Operation not permitted" I'm assuming that I need to
 > sudo this, but as this is my work system I am leery about trying sudo
 > before confirming. Should I sudo those commands?
 >

Yes. Only root is allowed to load and remove modules. With sudo in front of the 
command you have root rights for this command (I guess you know).

Thomas


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