Re: [wlug] v4l question - /dev/video0

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 09:40:11AM +1200, Ian McDonald wrote:

Questions: - is there a magic step to create /dev/video0 automatically and I haven't set it up? - or is it that my drivers aren't really working well?

Assuming you are using a recent distro (ubuntu 5.04, debian sarge, etc) then this device file should be created by udev when the device is attached, either when the module is loaded or during boot if support is compiled statically into the kernel. My pci tv tuner card gets /dev/video0 on boot (I have the support compiled in) and my usb webcam gets /dev/video1 when I plug it in. The usb webcam gets /dev/video0 if it is plugged in on boot. I could fix this with a custom udev rule but I can't be bothered :p John