[mythtv-users] Couldn't open /dev/v4l/video0 to probe its inputs.

[Povl H. Pedersen]

> Povl H. Pedersen wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to get MytheTV up and running, but during config I get the
>> Couldn't open /dev/v4l/video0 to probe its inputs.
>>
>> add channel Viasat Sport? [yes,no,all,none (default=yes)]
>> Finished configuration.
>> You _MUST_ run 'mythfilldatabase --manual the first time, instead
>> of just 'mythfilldatabase'.  Your grabber does not provide
>> channel numbers, so you have to set them manually.
>> Couldn't open /dev/v4l/video0 to probe its inputs.
>> Segmentation fault
>>
>>
>>
> I had a similar problem working from the CVS version, and Kenneth Aafløy
> suggested I do:
>
>    cvs up -fd
>    make distclean
>    make
>
> ... which solved it for me

Thanks, I will give it a shot. I am not using a CVS version though, but
the 0.12 version (this is what is in the Gentoo portage tree).