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Re: Video for Linux



>From what I remember I simply used 'mknod' with the relevant major and
minor device numbers, which I found in amongst the docs for the linux
kernel (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt to be precise). So the
command would be "mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0", and then you might have to
make /dev/video a symbolic link. HTH.

Cheers
	Dave

On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 04:28 -0600, steven walsh wrote:
> 
> 	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)
> 
> 
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