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Old 05-23-2005, 11:30 PM   #1
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Mandriva v4l problem


When Mandriva boots, I cannot watch TV using xawtv (or anything else).
If I initiate xawtv from a console it tells me there are too many symbolic links.
Looking at /dev/v4l/ - video0 points to /dev/video0 - and /dev/video0 looks at /dev/v4l/video0 !
If I change either of these symlinks to a charcter device, xawtv works OK.
BUT, the next time Mandrive boots, it has rewritten both video0's as links pointing to each other.

How do I overcome this problem??
 
Old 05-25-2005, 04:13 PM   #2
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Which version of Mandriva? If memory serves me right their was a problem with 10.0 only.
 
Old 05-26-2005, 01:56 AM   #3
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Hi - It's Mandriva 2005 LE - aka Mdk 10.2
 
  


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