[mythtv-users] Fresh CVS build -- can't find /dev/video

[Steven Sartorius]

on 10/18/03 12:58, Jason Ramey at webmaster at permutation.org wrote:

> I experienced the same problem last night. I thought it was just me. I
> re-installed using the 0.11 release and it works fine. Just like you, it had
> worked previously just fine and there were no other changes to the system
> besides updating CVS.
> 
> Jason Ramey
> webmaster at permutation.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Steven Sartorius
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:42 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Fresh CVS build -- can't find /dev/video
> 
> This morning I did a fresh checkout of mythtv from CVS (I do this from time
> to time...kind of clean out the cruft) and built everything with no
> problems.  I ran 'setup' (saying 'yes' to both questions) and, when I got to
> the section on 'Input Connections' I got the message "Couldn't open [ V4L :
> /dev/video ] to probe its inputs."  I've installed/re-installed mythtv
> numerous times over the last few months and this is the first time
> /dev/video has not been detected (yes, the bttv module was loaded).  Did
> something just break in CVS??
> 

I ran CVS again later this afternoon and rebuilt myth.  Everything's fine
now....


Steve