On Sunday 31 December 2006 18:37, kalinix wrote: > > modprobe is in /sbin, which is usually not accessible to average > user. So you have to become root (su -) in order to to run binaries > from /sbin Another way would be to set sudoers. It's far more > elaborate but you don't have to become root every time you try to > perform a root action. (this of course in case you are not root > already). > > HTH > > > > Calin Thanks, Calin, for your help. I can now do a modprobe. No idea why I couldn't before as I tried it in root. I've now done modprobe gspca and modprobe snd_usb_audio as suggested by Gilboa. Cheers Keith