Hi, Am Donnerstag, 03. Aug 2006, 00:48:25 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: > On Wednesday 02 August 2006 23:37, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 02. Aug 2006, 00:04:52 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: > > > On Monday 31 July 2006 21:07, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > > # scantv > > > > [...] > > > > vbi: open failed [/dev/vbi] > > > > open /dev/vbi: Invalid argument > > > > > > > > # dd if=/dev/vbi bs=8 count=1 | od -x > > > > 1+0 records in > > > > > > and what are the rights on /dev/vbi / /dev/vbi0 ? > > > And where does it point (I bet, it is just a symlink ;) ) > > > > It definitely is; I created it myself. > > it is a symlink? and does it point to the right device? > I never created anything - I let udev do it for me...
Another time to prevent any further link, symlink or access rights discussion: $ su - Password: # ls -la /dev/v4l/vbi0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 224 1. Aug 19:50 /dev/v4l/vbi0 # mknod /tmp/myvbi c 81 224 # chmod a+rwx /tmp/myvbi # ls -la /tmp/myvbi crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 81, 224 3. Aug 20:36 /tmp/myvbi # scantv -n PAL -f europe-west -C /tmp/myvbi [...] vbi: open failed [/tmp/myvbi] open /tmp/myvbi: Invalid argument # dd if=/tmp/myvbi bs=8 count=1 2>/dev/null | wc -c 8 # AleVT works without complaint. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
