lost /dev/video0

[Nigel Henry]

On Friday 03 April 2009 16:43, Alex Berber wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I lost my /dev/vido0 in the my system, and now I can use Skype or Ekiga
                                                typo above perhaps? ^^^^ 
should be can't (cannot).
> for video chat, I was in directory /dev/ and I can't find my camera.
>
> Somebody know how I can return my /dev/video0 ?
>
> Thank you!

Do you have more than one video device? perhaps your webcam, and a TVcard.

I have a TV card, and a webcam, and udev, that loads all these devices 
randomly, oftentimes mixes up the order of these devices . Sometimes my TV 
card, which should be /dev/video0, is loaded as /dev/video1, and the webcam, 
which is /dev/video1 does not work, as the TVcard now has /dev/video1.

This is just a thought, but if you have more than one video device, it may be 
worth trying /dev/video1 for your webcam.

As i say this just a thought, as I have had similar problems with multiple 
video devices.

Nigel.