[SLUG] Can't open /dev/video0 error with Xawtv error

[Carl Osterly <costerly@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

Having some issue getting Xawtv to run
with my Creative Labs USB Web Cam.

Here's what I done so far.

1. I do a chmod 777 /dev/video0 to allow
all users access to the video device.

2. Do a lsmod with the following output

ov511                  83576   0
videodev                8288   1  [ov511]
mousedev                5524   1
keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
hid                    22244   0  (unused)
input                   5888   0  [mousedev keybdev hid]
usb-uhci               26188   0  (unused)
usbcore                77024   1  [ov511 hid usb-uhci]
ext3                   70368   2
jbd                    52212   2  [ext3]

>From what I can tell the ov511 USB device driver
has been loaded correctly.

3. Do a modinfo -p ov511 with the following output:
autobright int, description "Sensor automatically changes brightness"
autogain int, description "Sensor automatically changes gain"
autoexp int, description "Sensor automatically changes exposure" (plus a
whole heap more)

4. I then run xawtv as a normal user and get the following error:

This is xawtv-3.74, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.18-14)
can't open /dev/video0: No such device or address
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device or address
v4l: open /dev/video0: No such device or address
no video grabber device available

5. Do a ls -l on /dev/video0 and get the following:

crwxrwxrwx    1 carl     root      81,   0 Aug 31 09:31 /dev/video0

Any ideas on why I can't open the device with xawtv?

I've found other documents that match my steps
and according to them it should be working by now:

http://linux-sxs.org/usb511.html

Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Carl

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Carl Osterly <costerly@xxxxxxxxxx>
CIA Group Pty Ltd