I run a program called webcam that is included in the xawtv package,
Well, I have the camera, and can modprobe cpia with success (after a kernel recompile). When I start xawtv it says that /dev/video0 does not exist. This is true, but does anyone know how to make that device (with mknod) and make sure it is pointing to the webcam (it's a USB one)?
TIA Ricardo
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 12:46:29PM +0000, Ricardo Campos wrote:
Well, I have the camera, and can modprobe cpia with success (after a kernel recompile). When I start xawtv it says that /dev/video0 does not exist. This is true, but does anyone know how to make that device (with mknod) and make sure it is pointing to the webcam (it's a USB one)?
Something like mknod video. I dunno, I've gotten too lazy with Gentoo since I'm using the /dev file system support which automatically mount at boot. So everything is like a walk through the park (which is how Linux should be).
Read it up on the web... check here for tips: http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 12:46:29PM +0000, Ricardo Campos wrote:
I run a program called webcam that is included in the xawtv package,
Well, I have the camera, and can modprobe cpia with success (after a kernel recompile). When I start xawtv it says that /dev/video0 does not exist. This is true, but does anyone know how to make that device (with mknod) and make sure it is pointing to the webcam (it's a USB one)?
login as root and run /dev/MAKEDEV video should build you the device nodes you need, not sure about what device the usb webcam should appear as though...
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