Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jonathan B. Horen" Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: "An application want to turn on your camera..." Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:38:02 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:38:07 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b4b0fd1f7de5bc3d0ebe966cb0d2dffe"; logging-data="1846275"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/QoK0DyvuN/t2E+tziyRqU" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:x5NImLv6A/FNvz0xa7lLMEYMO+w= Content-Language: en-US, he, he-IL In-Reply-To: On 4/7/25 18:46, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: > A few minutes after running a software update, per the little > prompt in the top menu bar, a pop-up appeared saying an application > wants to turn on my camers. There is no camera, at least not a > permanent one. I've been copying photos off an old Canon A460 > to the Pi, but it can't take photos over its USB connection so > far as I know (would be handy if it could!). > > Anybody know what might be going on? The systme is running Bookworm, > up to date as of a minute ago. You're running "stock" (plain-vanilla) Debian 12 with Raspberry Pi "enhancements", right? Upgraded from Debian 11, rather than a fresh install, right? In either case, you're probably using the default DE (LXDE), right? At some point you attached your Canon A460, and the "smart" DE auto-configured it as the default multimedia camera. The system probably "remembers" it as being connected and/or wants to verify that it's there and/or that it (or some other device) is there. If you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras. -- You can have everything, and still not have enough. I'd give it all up, for just a little more.