Hello! > Am I missing something in the setup of v4l here? Is there something I > need to change in the setup of X to force the card to use the device > files for video capture? Did you installed km driver from gatos.sourceforge.net? This driver is responsible for /dev/video0 handling. If yes, what is in logs? Try dmesg command and look at its output related to v4l and ATI. > Is this standard behaviour for these type of ATI cards? I dont know :) I'm only trying to purchase the same card, and reading about it, so my knowledge is pure theoretical :) -- Andrey Vasilyev