Guy McArthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > "Unable to open /dev/video0 (No such device)" > > > But /dev/video0 does exist, with correct permissions. > > > > this does not means that the device file does not exist on the fs (aka > > the device on-disk representation) but that the kernel does not which > > device is linked to it. > > > > aka the driver for it hasn't registered any device > > > > what does reports lspcidrake -v ? > > lspcidrake -v shows this: > > ov511 : OmniVision Technologies, Inc.|OV511+ WebCam [] > (vendor:05a9 device:a511) > > > what is dmesg output? > > Linux video capture interface: v1.00 > i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.8.0 (20030714) > usb.c: registered new driver ov511 > ov511_core.c: USB OV511+ video device found > ov511_core.c: model: Creative Labs WebCam 3 (id=21) > ov511_core.c: Device at usb-00:07.2-1 registered to minor 0 > ov511_core.c: v2.25 : ov511 USB Camera Driver (V4L2 disabled) > ov511_core.c: No sensor is detected yet
so the driver found it. what is the ouput of the following commands: ls -o /dev/.devfsd ls -o /dev/video* cat /proc/video/* (or is it /proc/v4l/* ? i do not rember)
