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From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@×××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xawtv/Scantv refuses cooperation
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:56:53
Message-Id: 20060803184724.GA2563@homer.bertram-scharpf
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Xawtv/Scantv refuses cooperation by "Hemmann
1 Hi,
2
3 Am Donnerstag, 03. Aug 2006, 00:48:25 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin:
4 > On Wednesday 02 August 2006 23:37, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
5 > > Am Mittwoch, 02. Aug 2006, 00:04:52 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin:
6 > > > On Monday 31 July 2006 21:07, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
7 > > > > # scantv
8 > > > > [...]
9 > > > > vbi: open failed [/dev/vbi]
10 > > > > open /dev/vbi: Invalid argument
11 > > > >
12 > > > > # dd if=/dev/vbi bs=8 count=1 | od -x
13 > > > > 1+0 records in
14 > > >
15 > > > and what are the rights on /dev/vbi / /dev/vbi0 ?
16 > > > And where does it point (I bet, it is just a symlink ;) )
17 > >
18 > > It definitely is; I created it myself.
19 >
20 > it is a symlink? and does it point to the right device?
21 > I never created anything - I let udev do it for me...
22
23 Another time to prevent any further link, symlink or access
24 rights discussion:
25
26 $ su -
27 Password:
28 # ls -la /dev/v4l/vbi0
29 crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 224 1. Aug 19:50 /dev/v4l/vbi0
30 # mknod /tmp/myvbi c 81 224
31 # chmod a+rwx /tmp/myvbi
32 # ls -la /tmp/myvbi
33 crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 81, 224 3. Aug 20:36 /tmp/myvbi
34 # scantv -n PAL -f europe-west -C /tmp/myvbi
35 [...]
36 vbi: open failed [/tmp/myvbi]
37 open /tmp/myvbi: Invalid argument
38 # dd if=/tmp/myvbi bs=8 count=1 2>/dev/null | wc -c
39 8
40 #
41
42 AleVT works without complaint.
43
44 Bertram
45
46
47 --
48 Bertram Scharpf
49 Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
50 http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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Re: [gentoo-user] Xawtv/Scantv refuses cooperation Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>