[plug] video 4 linux - bttv

[Jon L. Miller]

If you get your TV card to work please pass along the information, as I
too am having problems running this card and I have 2 of them.

thanks
On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 07:25, Simon Scott wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I borrowed a TV card from my brother that uses the BT878/BT879 chipset 
> supposedly supported by BTTV. However, whenever I try to modprobe bttv I get:
> 
> /lib/modules/2.4.19-5mdk/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o.gz: init_module: No 
> such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including 
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>       You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-5mdk/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o.gz 
> failed
> modprobe: insmod bttv failed
> 
> XawTV returns
> 
> This is xawtv-3.76, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.19-5mdk)
> xinerama 0: 1024x768+0+0
> xinerama 1: 1024x768+1024+0
> can't open /dev/v4l/video0: No such device
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> v4l2: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such device
> v4l: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such device
> no video grabber device available
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
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