Mandrake 10 deletes /dev/v4l on reboot
 

With some difficulty I got my TV card (Kworld TV878RF - BT878) working under Mandrake 10 Official with the Mandrake Control Center and it works fine. But when I reboot my /dev/v4l directory gets deleted which meens I have to reconfigure it after every reboot. What causes this?

devfsd is what Mandrake uses and many other distributions. If devfsd detects new devices, it goes into its scripts. Then it runs a script if it needs to. You can put Load "v4l" in the Module section of /etc/X11/XF86Config. Also you can put bttv in /etc/modules.

If you have certain instruction to get the card to work, you can add the commands at the last line in rc.local.

Load "v4l" is already in my /etc/X11/XF86Config. I put bttv in my /etc/modules but it doesn't seem to load at startup. Is there a script or something taht runs on startup where I can just put "modprobe bttv" or something?

im having the same exact problem good luck finding the answer

You are dead on LinuxEnthusiast, just add the line:
modprobe bttv
to the bottom of your S99Local file in /etc/rc5.d/ folder

This should fix the problem. I had that problem months ago and fixed it but then I had to do it on a different computer and couldn't remember what I did - so now it's written down.

Thanks TwanAudio, you've got me fixed up.