[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup is looping

Alexey Koptsevich kopts at astro.psu.edu
Fri Jan 9 21:41:43 EST 2004



> On Friday 09 January 2004 13:01, Alexey Koptsevich wrote:
> > I have installed mythtv on Debian 2.4.22 with PVR-350, but I cannot
make
> > it work.
> [snip]
> > Now, when I
> > run mythtv-setup, I have the following error messages:
> >
> > QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /dev/v4l
> > QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /dev/v4l
> > QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /dev/sound
> >
> > What do they mean?
>
> Um, they mean exactly what they say. Check the permissions on those
> directories, and I'm assuming you'll find that the user you're running
> mythtv-setup as does not have permission to read them. (Also check that those
> directories even exist).

They actually do not exist. Which driver does create them?  What I missed
in the installation? I applied recommended patches for v4l2 and enabled
v4l in the kernel.

Thanks,
Alex



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