[cpia] got 2.3.x working, but no /dev/video?

[Johannes Erdfelt]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2000, David Cougle <lunarbard@moonman.com> wrote:
> I compiled in video4linux support, cpia support and everything, and loaded
> modules, but it says, when i run gqcam...
> 
> 
>  gqcam 
> /dev/video: No such device
> 
> even though...
> 
>  ls /dev/video
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            6 Jan  7 10:38 /dev/video ->
> video0
> 
> also, when i run usbview, it says...
> 
> cannot open /proc/bus/usb/devices...
> that usb dir doesn't even exist, although i loaded usb modules.
> 
> Any ideas?

Did you check to see if /proc/bus/usb/devices exists?

If it's a recent kernel, did you mount the usbdevfs filesystem there?

JE