[Announce] Camera toggle (enable/disable camera)
 

As requested here: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=63033

At first, I was going to make a script which unloads the module, forcing a module unload isn't possible (at least to my knowledge), and it might require a reboot, so I opted for a replacement window, you can use AppLocker to hide shortcuts related to other camera apps (such as fcamera), however, I'd say one window is enough to convince the guys at uni :)

http://i56.tinypic.com/2mnrscn.jpg

This is a script coupled with a GTK window, when the script is run, it:

• Renames camera-ui in /usr/bin to camera-ui.disabled.
• Disables the XSession startup scripts for the camera UI.
• Copies a binary so a window with a message is displayed.
• Kills the camera-ui daemon, so you don't have to reboot between toggles.

To use the script, run togglecamera --enable (or -e), or --disable (-d) in terminal.
This should be enough to fool schools and universities, at least it worked for me :p

Package uploaded to -devel, should be there in about 15 minutes.

Re: [Announce] Camera toggle (enable/disable camera)
 

Thanks! As always make a difference.

Re: [Announce] Camera toggle (enable/disable camera)
 

You. Are. Awesome. I don't even need this where I live, but nevertheless, the amount of good you bring to the Maemo 5 ecosystem is ridiculous. Whenever you end up moving on will be a sad day for the community indeed.

Re: [Announce] Camera toggle (enable/disable camera)
 

I really don't plan on leaving anytime soon :p

Re: [Announce] Camera toggle (enable/disable camera)
 

seems you shouldn't enable it before having disabled it, on the original thread some guy ended up with reboot loop for doing it :(

Re: [Announce] Camera toggle (enable/disable camera)
 

I get the dialog in a window. In the screenshot, it appears in the usual yellow box. How?