Hi, I'm a bit confused. I want to set up motion security software on a server machine which doesn't need X installed. But before I can do that I need to install V4L on the server machine but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. So far I've tried Mandrake 8.0 in server mode which found my hardware which is a Grandtec Multi Capture card (bt878) and installed bttv (I think). However, the machine takes forever to boot. It gets to "checking modules dependancies" and takes ages before continuing to "checking for new hardware" where again it takes ages before continuing. In modules.conf there are four entries for bttv without any options. I've also tried Red Hat 7.1 in server mode hoping that it too would detect my hardware and maybe set it up better but the bttv module isn't loaded and I dont know how to set it up manually. Can anyone help with this? Is there a recommended proceedure for getting a video capture card to work with linux? What's the easiest distro / method for a newbie to use? Should I use V4L2? Is there a howto anywhere? Many thanks in advance for any help. Norrie 8o) PS Thanks to the person who replied to my post the other day.
