[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup is looping

Jarod C. Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Fri Jan 9 17:17:22 EST 2004


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On Friday 09 January 2004 13:01, Alexey Koptsevich wrote:
> I have installed mythtv on Debian 2.4.22 with PVR-350, but I cannot make
> it work.
[snip]
> Now, when I
> run mythtv-setup, I have the following error messages:
>
> QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /dev/v4l
> QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /dev/v4l
> QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /dev/sound
>
> What do they mean?

Um, they mean exactly what they say. Check the permissions on those 
directories, and I'm assuming you'll find that the user you're running 
mythtv-setup as does not have permission to read them. (Also check that those 
directories even exist).

- -- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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