[mythtv-users] card#0 - Permission Denied!

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 16, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Jo Shields wrote:
>
>>
>>> mythtv at red2.braveturtle.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thank you to everyone who helped me with my "mythtv" user account
>>>> problem.  By removing the user and re-adding the "mythtv" user I  
>>>> am now
>>>> able to log in as user "mythtv".
>>>>
>>>> However, now I am faced with another problem.  When I run mythtv- 
>>>> setup
>>>> as user mythtv, when I try to add my air2pc HD-5000 card I get the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> Frontend ID:  could not open card#0! Subtype: permission denied!
>>>>
>>>> When I run mythtv-setup as root and try to add the card, it  
>>>> properly
>>>> recognizes the card. But I know I am not supposed to runt it as  
>>>> root.
>>>>
>>>> So can anyone help me with this problem?  I would assume my  
>>>> "mythtv"
>>>> user account is still not set up properly, but I am not sure  
>>>> what to do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
> Add your mythtv user to the group which has permissions on the device
> nodes (commonly the "video" group)

That didn't work for me on a Gentoo box as the devices were  
"root,root". This was not a logical choice by whoever set up udev, as  
I think it would be reasonable to assume that *some* normal user  
would want to use the devices.