Bug 9992 - The bttv drivers are compiled into the kernal but no video device is created
Summary: The bttv drivers are compiled into the kernal but no video device is created
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: MAKEDEV
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-03-05 22:25 UTC by mcrae.z
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-03-06 13:02:04 UTC
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Description mcrae.z 2000-03-05 22:25:13 UTC 
I have RedHat Linux6.0 on a Intel Pentium150 with 128MB of RAM, S3 genric
virge video card with 4MB of RAM. I have compiled Video for Linux in my
kernal with the bttv drivers. When I reboot using the new kernal the
"dmesg" command indicates that it has detected my frame grabber card at the
correct irq. When I try to run any program that access the video device I
get the following error. No such device. A check of the dev directory has
confirmed the program. There is no such device. What do I need to do to get
the video frame grabber devices onto my linux box. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

McRae
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-03-06 13:02:59 UTC 
Either grab the latest "dev" package and upgrade, or change to your /dev
directory and run "./MAKEDEV video", which will create the proper device
files for you.
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