[mythtv-users] /dev/video0

[David Lynam]

Its ubuntu edgy 6.10! the file is for the capture card ivtv 150! When I go
into the settings in mythtv and go into the capture card option and it says
failed to open file! i cant see the file in /dev! i have rebooted a few
times with no luck?
David


On 3/5/07, Rod Smith <mythtv at rodsbooks.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday 05 March 2007 09:41, David Lynam wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a bit of an issue, i had mythtv up and running on both a
> > frontend/backend and seperate frontend machine and it worked fine. I
> then
> > tried to include a new XBOX frontend. While trying to get the XBOX using
> > the PC monitor and trying to scan for AV i seem to have deleted the file
> > /dev/video0 (may have been some elses doing). I am stuck in a rut here
> as
> > it will allow me to do nothing sayin this cant access this file. I can
> see
> > the file is missing?? how can I get in back and get some live tv goin
> > again?? Please help stress is killin me :)
> > David
>
> First, what distribution are you using? If it's something recent, it's
> probably using udev, which is a way for Linux to automatically create
> device
> files when the system boots or when device driver configurations change.
> If
> this is so and if you've just accidentally type "rm /dev/video0" or
> something
> similar, you should get your device file back by rebooting the computer.
>
> Assuming it's not that simple, you must have somehow configured your
> system to
> not load the relevant driver. The fix will depend on how you did this, and
> perhaps on what driver it is, and thus what hardware (particularly your
> encoding device) you're using, so please post your hardware information.
> Some
> clues about what you did to your backend in your experimentation would be
> helpful, too; I can think of several very different ways you could have
> caused your /dev/video0 device to go away, and the fixes will be equally
> different.
>
> --
> Rod Smith
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
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