[mythtv-users] mythfrontend not finding dev/video0..but cat does???

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Mar 14, 2004, at 14:58, Dan wrote:

> Ok doing a little more investigation...I found this in 
> /var/log/messages at bootup
>
> Mar 14 14:50:09 localhost kernel: ivtv: ivtv-api.c: unknown ioctl 
> 0x803c7601
> Mar 14 14:50:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
> char-major-81-1
[snip]
> could this be related....to the problem??

Possibly. char-major-81-1 would indicate trying to set up a device as 
/dev/video1, not /dev/video0. You may have an error in your 
modules.conf...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan <dshopkins at earthlink.net>
>
> ok this is gettting frustrating..move past one problem..to hit 
> another..
>
> when attempting to goto tv in the mythfrontend I'm getting the 
> following...
>
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Input/output error
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Input/output error
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Input/output error
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Input/output error
>
> what I don't get is before launching the frontend, doing
> cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg
> works just fine....if I do it before launching the frontend..
> I can't do the cat after the frontend attempts to use /dev/video0..
>
> (of course this error is actaully produced by the backend....not the 
> actual frontend)
>
> thoughts??

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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