Cool, it looks like there are plenty of others in the same situation. It'll be nice to get this fixed.
--Ivan > -----Original Message----- > From: Osland, CD (Chris) [mailto:c.d.osl...@rl.ac.uk] > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:15 AM > To: 'jud...@mcs.anl.gov'; Osland, CD (Chris) ; dgol...@cp.dias.ie > Cc: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov; Thorpe, MS (Matt) > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] AG2.2 replacement for setupvideo.py > > Ivan, > > I completely understand that you can't test everything. > > We're just in the process of getting some new hardware in > which we can test things - at present I don't have a machine > in which I can load 2.2. > > We'll be in touch when we can. > > Cheers > > Chris > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Osland > Office tel: +44 > (0) 1235 446565 > Digital Media and Access Grid > Medialab tel: +44 (0) > 1235 446459 > BIT Department Access > Grid room tel: +44 > (0) 1235 445666 > e-mail: c.d.osl...@rl.ac.uk > Fax: +44 > (0) 1235 445597 > CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Bldg. R18) Chilton, > DIDCOT, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK [The contents of this email are > confidential and are for the use of the intended recipient only. > If you are not the intended recipient do not take any action > on it or show it to anyone else, but return this email to the > sender and delete your copy of it.] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ivan R. Judson [mailto:jud...@mcs.anl.gov] > > Sent: 21 June 2004 12:13 > > To: 'Osland, CD (Chris) '; dgol...@cp.dias.ie > > Cc: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov; 'Thorpe, MS (Matt) ' > > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] AG2.2 replacement for setupvideo.py > > > > > > > > Hey Chris, > > > > The existing interfaces are meant to be reasonably stable and > > permanent, however there is work being done on node > management to make > > it more clear and complete. > > > > Please have Matt send a clear and complete description of > the problem > > and the fix either to ag-tech or filed in bugzilla so that can be > > integrated at the design phase, rather than testing :-). If > there are > > other issues with node management, now is the time to let us know, > > when Tom gets back from his family vacation he'll be deep > in node mgmt > > work. > > > > --Ivan > > > > PS -- We've never even tried the registry thing since we don't have > > those cards, we're relying on you all who do to tell us > when it does > > and doesn't work -- which means you really need to be > willing to try > > the alpha/beta software to make sure it gets into a release -- we > > don't have the resources to get and test every hardware > configuration > > in use. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Osland, CD (Chris) [mailto:c.d.osl...@rl.ac.uk] > > > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 3:46 AM > > > To: 'jud...@mcs.anl.gov'; dgol...@cp.dias.ie > > > Cc: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov; Thorpe, MS (Matt) > > > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] AG2.2 replacement for setupvideo.py > > > > > > Just a comment from the outfield ... > > > > > > I think this is the area that can allow or disallow multi-input > > > video capture cards (e.g. the Winnov Videum 4400 which we use) to > > > work - which Matt Thorpe solved with a patch to the registry (I'm > > > talking Windows XP here, of course). > > > Just a request that some mechanism (setupvideo.py or registry > > > hack) still allows this sort of card to work under AG 2.2, as we > > > don't anticipate moving to inSors software, so can't use > the 'inSors > > > patch'. I'd heard that what Matt had worked out for AG > 2.1.2 didn't > > > work in AG 2.2; I think that comment was from Cindy. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > Chris Osland > > > Office tel: +44 > > > (0) 1235 446565 > > > Digital Media and Access Grid > > > Medialab tel: +44 (0) > > > 1235 446459 > > > BIT Department Access > > > Grid room tel: +44 > > > (0) 1235 445666 > > > e-mail: c.d.osl...@rl.ac.uk > > > Fax: +44 > > > (0) 1235 445597 > > > CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Bldg. R18) Chilton, DIDCOT, > > > Oxon OX11 0QX, UK [The contents of this email are > confidential and > > > are for the use of the intended recipient only. > > > If you are not the intended recipient do not take any > action on it > > > or show it to anyone else, but return this email to the > sender and > > > delete your copy of it.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov]On > > > Behalf Of Ivan R. Judson > > > Sent: 18 June 2004 16:55 > > > To: dgol...@cp.dias.ie > > > Cc: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > > > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] AG2.2 replacement for setupvideo.py > > > > > > > > > > > > That makes sense, clearly the discovery of devices in > that code is > > > platform specific. > > > > > > If you can write a python function that enumerates them we can > > > integrate that as a patch. > > > > > > --Ivan > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: dgol...@cp.dias.ie [mailto:dgol...@cp.dias.ie] > > > > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:43 AM > > > > To: jud...@mcs.anl.gov > > > > Cc: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > > > > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] AG2.2 replacement for setupvideo.py > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We'll have to sort out what's going on. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Haven't filed a formal bug report yet, but I > immediately saw the > > > > problem once pointed to that method: > > > > > > > > /proc/video/dev doesn't exist at all on my system... > > > > (stock debian 2.6 kernel). > > > > > > > > In kernel 2.6 , the information is available via sysfs in > > > > /sys/class/video4linux not /proc/video/dev ... > > > > > > > > In 2.6 there has been a move to rationalise the /proc fs > > to be for > > > > processes only, and the sundry kernel stuff to /sys > > > > > > > > Neater that way, I guess. > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > David Golden > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
