[cpia] Re: Creative Webcam II Parallel Port question

[Eugene Chiu]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duncan Haldane" <f.duncan.m.haldane@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Eugene Chiu" <eugene@chiu.bz>
Cc: <cpia@risc.uni-linz.ac.at>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:43 AM
Subject: RE: [cpia] Re: Creative Webcam II Parallel Port question


>
> On 30-Nov-2002 Eugene Chiu wrote:
> >
> >> Your output seems to show some error condition?
> >> Did you try to open the /dev/video0 with some video4linux application?
> >                                  ^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > May be this is the problem, I don't have a /dev/video0, is that normal?
>
> from: linux-2.4.*/Documentation/video4linux/README.cpia:
>
>
> USAGE:
>
> General:
> ========
>
> 1) Make sure you have created the video devices (/dev/video*):
>
> - if you have a recent MAKEDEV do a 'cd /dev;./MAKEDEV video'
> - otherwise do a:
>
> cd /dev
> mknod video0 c 81 0
>

Thanks guys!!

Now I got rid of the error. But.... I have trouble compiling gqcam, should I
ask the question here or somewhere else??

Eugene