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Robin Cornelius wrote: > Julian Hall wrote: > > >> So the HD looks OK, but the Dazzle still gives errors trying to cap >> with dvgrab. 'no such file or handle' >> >> > > Other thoughts > > Have you tried dvgrab from the command line eg > > dvgrab --dv1394 /dev/raw1394 > I can only try from the command line atm. I haven't looked into a GUI based system as I thought it was pointless until I get the underlying system working. Otherwise I wouldn't know if ti was the GUI or the code underneath that was the problem. I use dvgrab -foo* (I think - I'm in Windows atm) > or have you looked under > > /dev/ieee1394/dv/hostX/ > > and try passing that as the --dv1394 parameter > Thanks I'll try that. > Also it might be a permissions problem. > > Depending on your distro you may wish to start dvgrab as root > > either directly (but this won't always work due to xserver permissions) > or via kdesu eg > I usually su and then try dvgrab, but I'll try root. :) > kdesu dvgrab > > that will prompt for root password but allow app to run on your xsession. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html