[mythtv-users] /dev/video0 doesn't exist

Mike Diehl mdiehl at diehlnet.com
Tue Dec 26 23:25:46 UTC 2006


Yes, I have.  When I modprobe ivtv  I don't get any type of errors.  When I 
then do an lsmod, I see ivtv and tveeprom loaded.  Still no /dev/vid*

I've restarted hotplug; that didn't help.

Any other ideas?

Mike.

On Tuesday 26 December 2006 15:26, Mr. Myth wrote:
> Mike Diehl wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I'm doing a first time install of MythTv on Gentoo for a friend and I've
> > run into a problem.
> >
> > No matter what I do, I don't seem to have a /dev/video0 file.  If I
> > create it with mknod, when I try to open it, I get an error indicating
> > that the device isn't found.
> >
> > My friend's machine has a Haupauge 250 card in it.
> >
> > I'm wondering if the card has to be actually plugged into a cable
> > connection before the kernel will see the card?
> >
> > Any other ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Have you installed the ivtv drivers?
>
> Michael
>
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