[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent Meyer) writes:
> OK, this one is really weird.
>
> open a console window, run gqcam. Bombs because there is no /dev/video.
> Go into /dev, and ls vid*, shows an entry video0
> Create a link /dev/video --> /dev/video0
> run gqcam again, and there's a picture! that is, for about 30 seconds.
> After that picture has funny colors, and console shows input/output
> errors from the camera... Close gqcam, type ls vid* again, and
> there is NO video0 anymore, but now there's a video1 !!
> Remove the link, create a new one video --> video1
> run gqcam again - same thing! good pic for about 30 sec, then I/O
> errors. Close the program and look, and now /dev/video1 is gone!
>
> Any ideas?
>
> V.
you have a prb with devfs.
I that a usb webcam ?
in that case, you should install the hotplug package and make sure you
have the devfs entries in lilo/grub .
cheers,
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Florin http://www.mandrakesoft.com
