[mythtv-users] pvr 350 Config "Failed To open /dev/video0: Cannot Allocate Memory"

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tuesday 02 November 2004 17:47, Ritesh Israni wrote:
> When i run
>
> /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0x3000
> I get an error
> "Failed to open /dev/video0: Cannot allocate memory"
> I tried using the -d w/ /dev/video1-3 and get no such device.
>
>
> /bin/dmesg |grep ivtv
> Replies with alot of buffer errors
>
> "ivtv: No memory on buffer alloc!
> ivtv: Buffer alloc failed!"
>
> and it continues on a couple of time.  I did not comment out the
> ivtv_fb line.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.

Try it as user mythtv instead of as root. A number of others have reported the 
same, I just haven't had time to update anything lately.

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