On Tuesday 12 February 2002 10:34 am, Olle Viksten wrote:
> I have a Creative USB webcam and a Haupage TV-card.
>
> My problem is how to switch between them so I get the one I want to use.
>
> The TV-card is the one active in programs like xawtv and videodog most of
> the time. But if I boot into windows to use the webcam it is the one active
> when I boot into Linux the next time. The only way I've found to get the
> TV-card active again is to shut down, disconnect the webcam and restart.
>
> There must be a way to solve this. Probably something to do with /dev/video
> but I don't want to muck about with it without knowing what I do.
>
> Thankfull for any help.
>
> Olle
I have this exact same problem.  Under Mandrake it wasn't a problem, as the 
USB devices loaded after the PCI devices.  But for some reason in SuSE USB 
devices seem to get priority in being configured.  It would seem to me that 
detachable devices should load after PCI devices.  This way you will almost 
always end up with devices that are always connected in the same place in the 
device tree.  As it stands now, when the camera is connected first, it gets 
loaded first and the tv card doesn't even get loaded without being modprobed 
alive.  It is a real pain in the rear, especially since I have to have two 
XAWTV configurations for the same devices. 

I guess it is time to start digging in the startup scripts to see where this 
happens. 
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