On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:36:43 +0100, Francois Massonneau wrote: > On Thursday 29 December 2005 19:17, Amadeus W. M. wrote: >> > I'm trying to install a webcam, and from what I read, I have to check a >> > device named "video0", or ("video" which is a simple link to video0). >> > But inside my /dev directory, I have no video? file(s) at all. >> > How do I do to create one ? I run Fedora Core 4. >> > Thank you. Francois >> > -- >> >> mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0 > > No, that's not the right way imho. Each time I reboot the machine, that > device disapears and I have to recreate it. > > I read lots of messages about that, and the latest I've found says to create > a /etc/udev/rules.d/06-dvb.rules file and to add the following lines: > > KERNEL="dvb*", PROGRAM="/etc/udev/scripts/dvb.sh %k", NAME="%c" > SYSFS{vendor}="0x109e", PROGRAM="/etc/udev/scripts/dvb.sh %k", NAME="video0" > > As the card is a Pinnacle Dv500, I changed the 0x109e to 0x104c, as it seems > it's the vendor id of my card, but again, it's doesn't work ;-( > > Francois > > -- Wait a minute! What card are you talking about? Your original post was about a webcam. And earlier you posted something about a Logitech Quickcam. Is that not USB?