@ Saturn: You should also install pexpect (it's not standard in Python environment): apt-get install pexpect
~ $ smscon -start smscon_daemon started ~ $ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/smscon_daemon", line 69, in <module> CAMcommand = 'gst-launch v4l2camsrc device=/dev/%s num-buffers=1 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=%s,height=%s ! ffmpegcolorspace ! %s ! filesink location=%s%s' % (CamName, CamRes[0], CamRes[1], Encoding, PhotoPath, PhotoName) NameError: name 'CamName' is not defined ~ $ smscon -boot smscon_boot doesn't excist. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/smscon", line 172, in <module> f.close() NameError: name 'f' is not defined ~ $ smscon -log (Fri Aug 20 13:31:52 2010) START: smscon_daemon active ~ $ smscon -status smscon_daemon off. ~ $