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From: Bastian Balthazar Bux <BastianBalthazarBux@×××××××××.it>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev system /dev/video0 missing after kernel upgrade
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 14:10:42
Message-Id: 41B31B11.90906@pnpitalia.it
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] udev system /dev/video0 missing after kernel upgrade by "J. Patrick Campbell"
1 J. Patrick Campbell wrote:
2
3 >/dev/video0 is supposed to be my ibm c-it webcam
4 >i've compiled it into my kernel and patched it.
5 >i've compiled in video for linux
6 >but the device is missing since i upgraded from 2.6.9r4 to 2.6.9r9
7 >i forgot to copy my old config when i ran make oldconfig and now i've
8 >messed up both 2.6.9r4 and 2.6.9r9 somehow so i had to go thru the entire
9 >kernel config manually again. I thought i'd compiled the same options but
10 >something is amiss as my /dev/video0 is missing.
11 >how do i recreate it??
12 >
13 >thanks,
14 >
15 >~P
16 >
17 >
18 >
19 >
20 >
21 if configured in the kernel (CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y) you can also
22 zcat /proc/config.gz
23 for the current running kernel
24
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