From: stryder@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Sunday 15 July 2012 06:03, Chris conveyed the following to   
   alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   > On 07/14/2012 10:20 PM, Robert Riches wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2012-07-15, Chris  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I'm having a problem getting my webcam to come on when in a video   
   >>> chat. It will come on when I bring up Skype, it will come up when I   
   >>> run Cheese but other than that nothing. Xcam reports "Failed to   
   >>> start camera:Invalid argument. Any assistance would be appreciated.   
   >>   
   >> One possibility might be a permissions problem:   
   >>   
   >> Is the user account in question a member of the video group?   
   >> Has that account logged out and back in since being put in the   
   >> video group?   
   >>   
   >> What are the owner, group, and permission on /dev/video*?   
   >>   
   >> What are the group memberships of the user account in question?   
   >>   
   > I honestly must admit I've forgotten how to check that or to check   
   > which groups the user 'chris' has. Would you please refresh my memory.   
      
       man groups   
      
   The command...   
      
       groups chris   
      
   ... should show all the groups chris is a member of.   
      
   As an alternative, you can also use...   
      
       id   
      
   ... while logged in as yourself to list your groups, including your UID   
   and the GIDs for those groups.  You can - if you have the permissions to   
   do so - also use this command on other user accounts.   
      
       man id   
      
   ... will tell you more. ;-)   
      
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