Pham wrote:

>Hello !
>
>I have some problems with video4linux on my Debian Woody.
>I have tried for a long time to find the answer on the newsgroups but
>haven't succeeded so far.
>
>
>Everything has begun with this message after launching 'scantv' :
>***************************************
>v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device
>v4l: open /dev/video0: No such device
>no grabber device available
>***************************************
>
>Looking more closely, I have found that the problem comes from
>'v4l-conf'. When launching it (as simple user or as root) it says :
>***************************************
>v4l-conf: using X11 display :0
>dga: version 2.0
>mode: 1024x768, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=4096, base=0xe0000000
>can't open /dev/video0: No such device
>***************************************
>
>Now to help you understanding the problem :
>- I have an ATI All In Wonder 128 16 Mo video card,
>- I have the XFree86 which comes from Debian Woody 3.0r1 (Version
>4.1.0.1) with the GATOS driver (the one for the XFree86 4.1.x series),
>- I have put a 'Load "v4l"' in my XF86Config-4 and the
>/var/log/XFree86.0.log contains :
>***************************************
>(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
>(II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
>compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.0.1
>ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
>***************************************
>- 'xawtv' works perfectly from the very beginning (!),
>- the folder /dev has :
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 jun 8 21:40 video -> video0
>crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 jun 8 21:40 video0
>
>
>I am a newby on Linux and am stuck on this problem for a month.
>Reading newsgroup, I have found many post about 'videodev' and 'bttv'
>but I'm not sure that it's relevant here (because 'xawtv' is already
>working). This problem prevents me from using 'scantv' and especially
>'xawdecode' (same errors messages) which I find really annoying.
>
>It would be very kind if someone could help me or give me some advice. I
>really have tried everything before asking for help...
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
Hello,
first, sorry but I won't be of any help. It's just that I've never been
able to make xawtv working with my card (also an all in wonder 128 with
16M of RAM ) on my redhat 7.3 distribution and I would very much like to
know if there's a place that explains clearly how to do it. In
particular, do I have to recompile my kernel (it's the default one so I
guess video4linux is included)?
thanks in advance for all answers.
Jacques