[mythtv-users] dtv, ivtv swapping /dev/video0,1 across reboots

[John Drescher]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Harry Coin <hcoin at quietfountain.com> wrote:
> I have a debian lenny backend, it has an ivtv card and a dvico dtv card.
> Sometimes when it boots the ivtv is video0, and the dtv is video1, sometimes
> the dtv is /dev/video0 and the ivtv hauppauge is video1.   I think it has
> something to do with how fast firmware loads but I really can't tell.
>
> How does a person always cause each particular pci card to get the same
> /dev/video# is systems with two tuner cards that are not the same mythtv
> driver class no matter what?
>

You can fix that with a udev rule.

http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto#Howto_use_udev_rules.21

John