[mythtv-users] /dev/video0

[MacNean Tyrrell]

David, this happened to me, the card popped out ever so slightly, i me
barely miniscuely, i just pushed hard on it felt it go down a bit, and
screwed the screw tighter, rebooted and mythtv-setup found it.

On 3/5/07, David Lynam <t00cool2001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Its ubuntu edgy 6.10! the file is for the capture card ivtv 150! When I go
> into the settings in mythtv and go into the capture card option and it says
> failed to open file! i cant see the file in /dev! i have rebooted a few
> times with no luck?
> David
>
>
>  On 3/5/07, Rod Smith <mythtv at rodsbooks.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Monday 05 March 2007 09:41, David Lynam wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have a bit of an issue, i had mythtv up and running on both a
> > > frontend/backend and seperate frontend machine and it worked fine. I
> > then
> > > tried to include a new XBOX frontend. While trying to get the XBOX
> > using
> > > the PC monitor and trying to scan for AV i seem to have deleted the
> > file
> > > /dev/video0 (may have been some elses doing). I am stuck in a rut here
> > as
> > > it will allow me to do nothing sayin this cant access this file. I can
> > see
> > > the file is missing?? how can I get in back and get some live tv goin
> > > again?? Please help stress is killin me :)
> > > David
> >
> > First, what distribution are you using? If it's something recent, it's
> > probably using udev, which is a way for Linux to automatically create
> > device
> > files when the system boots or when device driver configurations change.
> > If
> > this is so and if you've just accidentally type "rm /dev/video0" or
> > something
> > similar, you should get your device file back by rebooting the computer.
> >
> >
> > Assuming it's not that simple, you must have somehow configured your
> > system to
> > not load the relevant driver. The fix will depend on how you did this,
> > and
> > perhaps on what driver it is, and thus what hardware (particularly your
> > encoding device) you're using, so please post your hardware information.
> > Some
> > clues about what you did to your backend in your experimentation would
> > be
> > helpful, too; I can think of several very different ways you could have
> > caused your /dev/video0 device to go away, and the fixes will be equally
> > different.
> >
> > --
> > Rod Smith
> > http://www.rodsbooks.com
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-- 
Sincerely,

MacNean C. Tyrrell
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