Re: ATI 3D Rage and /dev/video0; was /dev/video0.

[Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr>]

On Sunday 15 July 2007 16:10, Helen Easthope wrote:
> Folk,
>
> At Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:10:30 -0400
> Steve Reilly wrote,
> "IVTV package should provide everything you need."
>
> OK.  I've installed ivtv-modules-2.6.18-4-686,
> libvideo-ivtv-perl, ivtv-utils, xserver-xorg-video-ivtv,
> and ivtv-modules-2.6-686.
>
> At Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:19:14 +0200 Nigel Henry wrote,
> "Just a thought, but are you a member of the video group in /etc/group?
>
> Yes; I'm in the video group.
>
> "You may have to reboot."
>
> Done.  Still no /dev/video0.
>
> helen@eagleedge:~$ xawtv
> This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18-4-686)
> can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
> no video grabber device available
>
> Does v4l need configuration beyond that in dselect?
>
> Does anyone have an ATI 3D Rage making a TV
> display in etch with kernel 2.6.18-4?
>
> Thanks,         ... Helen E.

I don't know if I can be much help, as my card is a Hauppauge Win TV express 
(bt878a driver).

What do you get though from,as user, running, xawtv -hwscan  ?

Also the output from lspci -v  (just the stuff associated with the TV card)

Also the output from lsmod

If I can't help, perhaps someone else will see something that stands out.

btw. I spent about 3 weeks getting my Hauppauge card working on various 
distros. Patience is everything.

All the best.

Nigel.

Just a last thought. Have you tried other kernels that you have available? The 
latest I've got available is a 2.6.17 one. I say this in case it's a kernel 
problem.