I think the ioctl VIDIOC_DQBUF in pwc does not follow the API spec. It should not block if there are no buffers and the device has been opened with O_NONBLOCK. I am not sure the patch is 100% correct, since I do not understand it completely. Andrea _________________________________________________________________ Tiscali Family: Adsl e Telefono senza limiti e senza scatto alla risposta. PER TE CON LO SCONTO DEL 25% FINO AL 2010. In più il software parental control Magic Desktop Basic è GRATIS! Attiva entro il 03/07/08. http://abbonati.tiscali.it/promo/tuttoincluso/