Bugzilla problem: -xawtv is not available in bugzilla as a powertools component Real bug: there are 2 problems with the xawtv 3.0.6 rpm in rawhide: -v4l-conf is not installed suid root, this causes overlay mode to fail, and makes xawtv mostly useless. -An unrelated problem is that the led font which is distributed with xawtv is not installed by the rpm.
I am fixing the LED font problem now. You must run v4l-conf as root. It has not been security audited, and thus will not be SUID root.
I understand, but v4l-conf is not called by me (the user) but by xawtv itself, I believe it was specificly designed todo the dirty root work for xawtv and nothing else. But your right. Any chance you can get it audited somewhere in the future?