[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#537616: [gphoto2] doesn't work as non-root

Andreas Metzler ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org
Wed Nov 17 18:50:24 UTC 2010


On 2009-07-19 Jürgen Richtsfeld <richts at gmx.at> wrote:
> Package: gphoto2
> Version: 2.4.5-2
> Severity: normal

> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> my current gphoto2 gives me:

> $ gphoto2 -P

> *** Error ***
> An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'): Could 
> not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted)
[...]

> but it works as root. the user executing this is member of the groups:
> $ groups
> lp dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev users camera hal fuse vboxusers

> I successfully used gphoto2 for some years on debian, AFAIR without this 
> issue.


> jürgen

Hello,
This should be fixed in libgphoto2-2_2.4.6-3 / libgphoto2-port0_2.4.6-3. Could
upgrade and verify this is fixed? 
thanks, cu andreas 





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