/dev/raw* does not exist

vespaman · Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 7:41 pm Post subject: /dev/raw* does not exist

Hello

I'm having some trouble with the raw device. Whenever I try to use the 'raw' command, I get:

"Cannot open master raw device '/dev/rawctl' (No such file or directory).

I guess something needs to be installed or started, but what?

What I want to do once raw is working, is to mount the dvd as raw, so xine get happier.

thanks,
Micael

mikulus · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 77

On Red Hat there is a service called rawdevices that you must start. Not sure on Gentoo, but this may point you to the right direction.
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vespaman · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 6:59 pm Post subject:

OK, found a lot of references for rawdevices. Thanks.

I gather the solution is to install chkconfig and then rawdevices from the sources..

sa · Guru Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 450

Does xine really run better with rawdevice? When I stopped using /dev/raw* I didn't notice any diff.

thx,
sa

vespaman · Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 7:59 am Post subject:

I'm not sure, but I am having some trouble with xine, in that it is not able to play a whole film, giving errors and ultimately restarts the film.
This may be dvdnav as well, just thought that I should test the recommended set-up before doing further investigations.

But if you say that there's no difference, I guess I can look for the problem somewhere else.

Out of curiosity;
Why did you stop using /dev/raw?

micael

tea · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 4

mknod /dev/rawctl c 162 0
chmod 600 /dev/rawctl
mkdir /dev/raw
cd /dev/raw
mknod /dev/raw/raw1 c 162 1
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