Video for Linux

[steven walsh <swalsh@d.umn.edu>]

	I'm trying to get v4l working on my system.  I compiled it into
the kernel and dmesg seems to say I find it:

i2c: initialized
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
bttv0: Brooktree Bt848 (rev 18) bus: 0, devfn: 48, irq: 11, memory:
0xe7eff000.
bttv: 1 Bt8xx card(s) found.
bttv0: model: BT848(Miro)

but when I install XawTV I get:

This is xawtv-2.37, running on Linux/i586 (2.2.1)
can't open /dev/video: No such file or directory
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string "false" to type ResizeMode
x11: 1280x1024, 16 bit/pixel, 2560 byte/scanline, DGA, VidMode
open /dev/video: No such file or directory
open /dev/video: No such file or directory
no video grabber device available

and trying to make /dev/video or /dev/video_capture results in MAKEDEV
simply saying it doesn't know how to do such a thing.

Any ideas, folks?


"See you on the flip side"

- Steve Walsh (EfNet:#Babylon5:KnaraKat)
  	      (swalsh@d.umn.edu)