<div> </div> <div>Ok now we're getting somewhere. depmod and modprobe both returned with 0 (echo $?) and no errors.</div> <div> </div> <div>The ivtv module is loaded (lsmod) and modprobe.conf has plenty of stuff in there but I am not certain if it's "correct".</div> <div> </div> <div>/var/log/messages is the key tho. </div> <div> </div> <div>grep ivtv /var/log/messages >> "unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw....." "failed loading encoder firmware".</div> <div> </div> <div>Ok so that's the problem. Any hints on the solution?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div> </div> <div>Abby</div> <div> </div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Matt Rude <mythtv-users@mattrude.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Abigail Smith wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE
cite=mid20061114184149.41715.qmail@web37414.mail.mud.yahoo.com type="cite"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I installed Knoppix-Myth on a 2 ghz pc with pvr-350. I ran "cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/aa.mpg" and got "/dev/video0: no such device".<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid20061114184149.41715.qmail@web37414.mail.mud.yahoo.com type="cite"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV># ls -l /dev/video0 tho does show the device file.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The installation was done as root.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rsvp & thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Abby<BR><BR><B><I>Brad DerManouelian <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com"><myth@dermanouelian.com></A></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">On Nov 14, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Abigail Smith wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>> Sorry for this newbie question... I'm unable to get myth working.
<BR>> The box recognizes my hauppauge 350 but I still get the error <BR>> "cannot open /dev/video0 to probe its inputs".<BR>><BR>> Can someone give me some troubleshooting advice? Where do I even <BR>> start troubleshooting this?<BR>><BR>> Thanks,<BR>><BR>> Abby<BR><BR>"probe its inputs" sounds like you're trying to run mythtv-setup when <BR>you get this error? Try running it as root. It's easier than setting <BR>udev rules for permissions and works for most people (re: Jarod's <BR>Guide).<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mythtv-users mailing list<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>Abigail-<BR>If you can't list /dev/video0 then it's not a permission problems (sorry
guys) is a driver problem.<BR>1st what do you see when you do a ls -l /dev/vide* do you see a /dev/video1 file or anything like that? <BR>2nd conferm you have the ivtv driver installed on your system that is the same version as your kernel (I'm on Fedora so I don't know what version Knoppix is on.)<BR>3rd look at your modprobe (/etc/modprobe.conf) do you have the ivtv setup?<BR>4th what happens when you run: (as root)<BR><I>/sbin/depmod -a<BR>/sbin/modprobe ivtv<BR><BR></I>Look in /var/log/message and see if you have any ivtv errors.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>-Matt<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mythtv-users mailing list<BR>mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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