> > # cat < /dev/video0 > /dev/null (or anywhere else) I tried doing a similar test : [root@waheguru /root]# cat < /dev/video0 > /dev/null bash: /dev/video0: No such device [root@waheguru /root]# I must draw your attention to the fact that my /dev/video is a directory (something I have not seen in any of HOWTO's , etc. on the net) : [root@waheguru /root]# cd /dev [root@waheguru /dev]# ls -l vid* crw------- 1 chhabra root 81, 0 Dec 8 03:22 video0 crw------- 1 chhabra root 81, 1 Mar 23 2001 video1 crw------- 1 chhabra root 81, 2 Mar 23 2001 video2 crw------- 1 chhabra root 81, 3 Mar 23 2001 video3 video: total 0 crw------- 1 chhabra root 10, 204 Mar 23 2001 em8300 crw------- 1 chhabra root 10, 206 Mar 23 2001 em8300_ma crw------- 1 chhabra root 10, 205 Mar 23 2001 em8300_mv crw------- 1 chhabra root 10, 207 Mar 23 2001 em8300_sp Another inexplicable thing is the ownership of the above entries (I was su'ing while logged in as chhabra).
