[mythtv-users] Input Connections is blank on setup

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue Oct 28 13:59:47 EST 2003


On Tuesday 28 October 2003 13:26, James Pifer wrote:
> Little more info. Upon exiting the setup GUI I see an error "Couldn't
> open /dev/video0 to probes its inputs."
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 12:19, James Pifer wrote:
> > Besides my other post with problems with alsa and lirc I'm having a
> > problem during the mythtv setup.
> >
> > I can complete General, Capture Cards, and Video sources, but when
> > I go to Input Connections the screen is blank and nothing ever pops
> > up.
> >
> > I'm using a PVR350. Anyone know what the cause of this is? Is it
> > related to having problems getting lirc correctly installed?

Most likely the user you're running as doesn't have permission to access 
/dev/video0.  Check your permissions.

-JAC



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