[Kwintv] KWINTV does not start

George Staikos kwintv@mail.kde.org
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 01:20:33 -0500


On Wednesday 12 February 2003 16:02, Ralf Lindner wrote:
> Dear list users!
>
> I am a novice using KWINTV on my PC running KDE2. Does anyone know how to
> interpretate the follwing error message (KWINTV doesn´t start) when I try
> to use kv4lsetup:
>
> kv4lsetup: using X11 display :0.0
> dga: version 2.0
> mode: 1280x1024, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=5120, base=0xf0000000
> can't open /dev/video: Cannot allocate memory
>
> I appreciate any valuable input :-))

  Check that /dev/video exists and is readable by your userid.  kv4lsetup 
failed to open it.  (open() returned -1)


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George Staikos