[mythtv-users] UDEV rules

[Daryl McDonald]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Yianni <yiannividalis at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >>> SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", DRIVER=="ivtv", SYMLINK+="video-pvr150"
>> >>>
>> >>> Reboot, verify that there is a /dev/video-pvr150, and then in
>> >>> myth-setup change the hauppauge tuner's device to be the symlink instead of
>> >>> /dev/video0 as it likely is. You should now be insulated from kernel device
>> >>> renumbering.
>
>> >> I'm looking into this again George, and I cut and pasted the rule you
>> >> suggested into /etc/udev/rules.d and called it "capture-card.rules"
>> >> re-booted and still the pvr 150 presents as /dev/video0. do I need to
>> >> put further rules for the other cards also?
>
> The additional udev rule file will not prevent the device from being named
> video{0,1,etc}. This is taken care by the default udev rules of your
> distribution. What it does is create an additional device named
> /dev/video-pvr150, which will always point to the pvr 150, regardless of its
> original name.
>
> Yianni.
>
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OK, that sounds good, but how do I verify that there is a "/ded/video-pvr150"?
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