[mythtv-users] WinTV GO

[Robert Dege]

How about permissions?

# ls -l /dev/video0

Does your user account have permissions to access, read, write to the
device?

If not, try

# su root -c "chmod 777 /dev/video0"

Just beware the ramifications of this action.

-Rob

>
> Hey all,
> Thanks for the input,
> I looked at my lsmod and this was the output, along with other info i
> edited out for this message.
>
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> tuner                  11808   1  (autoclean)
> tvaudio                15068   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> bttv                   74176   0  (unused)
> i2c-algo-bit            8872   1  [bttv]
> i2c-core               19172   0  [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit]
> videodev                8288   2  [bttv]
>
> I also looked in my hardware browser, where I saw under video capture
> devices, a bt878 Video capture using driver bttv.
> I donno, as far as I can tell this all looks ok.
> Unfortunately I still am not sure why I get the "couldn't open /dev/video0
> to probe its sources" in mythtv setup
>
> Help please
> Jon
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> Top-posting rearranged to protect the innocent...
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> > From: Jonathon.Schmidt at sasktel.sk.ca
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> > Im just starting out, I got my new WinTV GO card, and Im trying to
> > run it on redhat9.
> >
> > I did not build a driver into the kernel.  How do I do this?
> > I know it does need the bttv module, but I think I have this.
> > How do I do the check?
>
> On Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003, at 15:07 US/Pacific, Patrick M. Gray, Jr.
> wrote:
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> > Lsmod will list the modules you have loaded.  Look for bttv and tuner.
> > If you don't have them, check the redhat documentation on how to build
> > a
> > kernel.
>
> Beware. Some newer WinTV Go cards aren't bt8x8-based anymore. They use
> a newer Conexant 2388x chipset, that is NOT supported by the bttv
> driver (but is supported by the cx88 driver, but it is VERY alpha
> quality right now).
>
> Oh yeah, and you should never have to build a bttv module for Red Hat.
> They include it in the distro, and the card should be auto-detected by
> kudzu. My guess is that you have a cx2388x-based version of the WinTV
> Go... :-\
>
> Take a peek on the card itself. You should see either a Conexant Fusion
> 878A chip, or a Conexant cx2388x chip.
>
> --Jarod
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> Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
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Dege

I'm just not up2date on my al-kee-hol-*hic* lingo
Although, I do have that slurring part down ;)