[linux-dvb] Re: Newbie help : No TV output

["Dany Schuerewegen" <danysch@europeonline.net>]

> Dany Schuerewegen writes:
 >> I am having trouble watching TV with my DVB-S card ( Technotrend Rev
1.3 )
 >> When I start tuxview, I get the following error:
 >>
 >> >tuxview -d 0
 >> setting dev to /dev/video0
 >> get capabilities: Unknown error 515
 >> no overlay possible
 >> no capture possible
 >> get window: unknown error 515
 >> get frame buffer: unknown error 515
 >>
 >> I tried to get the gVideo app, ( from version 0.8.2 ) and it gave me the


 >> same 'unknown error 515' whenever it tries to do an ioctl on
/dev/ost/video0
 >> ( linked to /dev/video and /dev/video0).

>Why did you do that?!?!?!  (I mean the linking, not starting gVideo)

>/dev/video0 is a Video4Linux device and not a DVB device.
>It should be set up by any (normal) Linux distribution as device node
>with major 81 and minor 0.

>Ralph

I did not have any /dev/videoX in /dev, so I made a link to /dev/ost/video0.
Should I be looking into getting proper /dev/video devices ?

Dany





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