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

lunarbard@moonman.com lunarbard@moonman.com
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:54:06 -0800 (PST)


no, the usb dir does not exist, i didnt understand why, as i had modprobed several usb modules, i thought i had done the usb file system as well.

You wrote:

> From: Johannes Erdfelt <jerdfelt@sventech.com>
> To: David Cougle <lunarbard@moonman.com>
> Cc: cpia@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
> Date:     Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:50:34 CST
> Subject: Re: [cpia] got 2.3.x working, but no /dev/video?
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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