[mythtv] running setup, could not open /dev/video

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 15 October 2002 08:16 pm, John Tapper wrote:
> not sure what I am missing here, but when I run setup, I go through all
> the channel selection and then I get the following:
>
> configuration step complete, let the games begin !
> ---------------- End of XMLTV output ----------------
>
> Now, let's connect channel sources to inputs on the capture cards.
>
> Couldn't open /dev/video to probe its inputs.
>
> Now, please run mythfilldatabase to populate the database with info.
>
> I thought I figured this out when I installed 0.5, but now I'm not sure
> what to do.
>
> xawtv works fine
> using hauppauge wintv
>
> i will hopefully be upgrading my bttv driver to the 0.8 series shortly,
> is that part of the problem?

No.  Looks like you either a) told it the wrong device name to use for the 
tuner card, or b) don't have permissions right on the device.

Isaac