On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 15:12, Florian Schneider wrote: > Am Sonntag, 09. November 2003 02:13 schrieb Steve Withers: > > I'm getting a bit frustrated here. > > > > Gentoo 1.4 and kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r8 > > > > I've re-compiled the kernel with Video4Linux and I2C > > support....including the Bt848 driver. > > > > Kcontrol shows a multimedia capture device and Bt848 as character > > device '81'. > > > > There is "bttv" modeule anywhere.....probably becasue I compiled the > > driver into the kernel....(right?) > > What does "dmesg|grep bttv" say?
Nothing. > > I also installed Xawtv 3.86-r1 (emerge -k xawtv) and it sucked in all > > the pre-reqs and was successful. > > -k? binary packages? Sorry.....forget "-k". :-) emerge xawtv > > When i try to start xawtv, I get a segfault saying it failed trying to > > convert some font construct..... > > A segfault just segfaults, but doesn't say anything. Can you please copy/ > paste the error message, maybe with -debug 2 Warning: Cannot convert string"-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct Segmentation Fault > > I've been fiddling with this for days. I'm alsmost to the point where > > I'm goign to ditch all the portage items and install all the relevant > > tar balls. I've done that before several times and had it working > > quickly. > > > > The things I'm struggling with are: > > > > 1. How do I verify I actually have the V4L / bttv / Bt848 support > > there and properly installed? > > lsmod. I have > > tuner 13068 0 > tvaudio 18892 0 > msp3400 19556 0 > bttv 121708 0 > video_buf 16132 1 bttv > i2c_algo_bit 8200 1 bttv > btcx_risc 3592 1 bttv I thought so. I have none of those. Not a one. Mine are all sound related with some network (nvnet) and PCI ones (cmpci) > All the v4l stuff is compiled as modules When i compiled the kernel, I said to make everything that could be part of the kernel. I knew I wanted this stuff active and ready....unless there was no * option and I had to settle for a module 'M'. > Have you changed the access rights of /dev/v4l/* ? No. > > For MythTV - the end goal of all this - emerge/portage was > > *great*....but I can't get to the point where anything can see my TV > > Card..... so it's sorta irrelevant. :-( > > You mean portage? Yes. It's great. :-) But I'd like to get my TV card going, too. I've done a genkernel --config a couple of times - trying different options for V4L.....and found that the Bt848 driver was only offered if I turned on certain things in the I2C set of options....Otherwise, the Bt848 driver did not appear at all. I've been using TV cards with Linux for 4 years - mainly with RedHat...and never had this much trouble. My problem is that Red Hat has shielded me from having to know some of the details of Linux internals....so a move to Gentoo is a heady mix of a LOT of RTFM....mixed with practical attempts to make things go - otherwise the RTFM has nothing to 'ground' it in reality.....and I get lost in the mass of detail with no reference points. Right now I have cracked every nut without too much trouble EXCEPT getting the system to see this Cph03x TV card...... I'll nhave another go and do a genkernel --config making all the v4l and I2c stuff modules instead of part of the kernel. -- Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
