[mythtv-users] UDEV rules

[Mark Perkins]

> On 26 Jan 2014, at 5:38 am, "Daryl McDonald" <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is the "grep" you suggested Mark:
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ cat /etc/group | grep video
> video:x:44:mythtv
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
> 
> And further, on a whim, I went into the BE deleted all capture cards,
> then rebooted, and then went in again and was still not presented with
> symlink names, only /dev/adapter0/frontend0, /dev/adapter1/frontend0,
> /dev/video0, /dev/video24, /dev/video36, and only by backspacing and
> typing can I get /dev/video1, or /dev/video2, they won't present with
> left/right arrows, but they are recognized as "saa7134" and "Kworld
> pc150u" so although the symlinks look good, maybe they didn't fully
> take?
> 
> I don't fully understand the output from the grep, but my gut feeling
> is that since I am able to configure the cards, without udev involved,
> permissions must be correct, right?
> 
> thanks Daryl
> _____________________________________________

Yes that grep shows mythtv user is member of video group. It was unlikely to be the problem because it would have caused other more severe problems if incorrect but never hurts to check.

My money is on Bill's comment, that those symlinks should point to /frontend0 not /net0 but troubleshooting udev rules is well beyond me.