[mythtv-users] saa7134 and no /dev/video0

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Thu Mar 24 05:28:26 UTC 2005


On Wednesday 23 March 2005 21:12, Craig Thomas wrote:
> I am trying to get my saa7134 card working with xawtv.  However, I do not
> have a /dev/video0.  I have posted some info.
>
> [root at myth mythtv]#ll /dev/video?
> ls: /dev/video?: No such file or directory
>
> [root at myth mythtv]#xawtv
> This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i586 (2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at)
> xinerama 0: 1024x768+0+0
> xinerama 1: 1024x768+0+0
> can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> no video grabber device available
>
> [root at myth mythtv]# xawtv -hwscan
> This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i586 (2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at)
> looking for available devices
> port 177-177
>     type : Xvideo, image scaler
>     name : NV17 Video Texture
>
> port 178-209
>     type : Xvideo, image scaler
>     name : NV05 Video Blitter
>
>
> Here is a snippet from my modprobe.conf:
> #TV Tuner
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 saa7134
> options saa7134 tuner=43
>
>
> What am I missing that is keeping me from having /dev/video0?

Looks like a udev system, and saa7134 hasn't been loaded to trigger the 
creation of /dev/video0. So:

modprobe saa7134

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com

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