Re: [gentoo-user] Help! Video4Linux / XawTV
I also installed Xawtv 3.86-r1 (emerge -k xawtv) and it sucked in all This version of XawTV do not play nicely with nvidia cards. I had a nvidia card and got segfault too. Try upgrading to latest Xawtv (ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=*~x86 emerge xawtv. Then it should not segfault, at least mine didn't. But then now it shows no picures, although running scantv correctly finds the channels. -- Sigurd Stordal President of GOGS Experimental Petrologist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Help! Video4Linux / XawTV
- snip - What does dmesg|grep bttv say? Nothing. hmmm ... it seems, your card is not recognized/missing ! - snip - Warning: Cannot convert string-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-* to type FontStruct Segmentation Fault I made run xawtv for my friend (can't check it now), but remember I had to edit xawtv config file somewhere in /etc/X11/ directory and replace the words ledfixed with fixed, because ledfixed font was'nt available - snip - tuner 13068 0 tvaudio18892 0 msp340019556 0 bttv 121708 0 video_buf 16132 1 bttv i2c_algo_bit8200 1 bttv btcx_risc 3592 1 bttv I have none of those. yes, because you compiled it to the kernel ... I prefer modules for Pinacle Studio card it needs these modules: tuner 11040 1 (autoclean) tvaudio14300 0 (autoclean) (unused) bttv 79200 1 i2c-algo-bit8456 1 [bttv] i2c-core 15944 0 [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit] btaudio11052 0 soundcore 4196 5 [i810_audio bttv btaudio] - snip - Have you changed the access rights of /dev/v4l/* ? No. you can try to run it as root, to elimine/identify premissions problems - snip - noro -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Help! Video4Linux / XawTV
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 supportincluding 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? I also installed Xawtv 3.86-r1 (emerge -k xawtv) and it sucked in all the pre-reqs and was successful. -k? binary packages? 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 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 tvaudio18892 0 msp340019556 0 bttv 121708 0 video_buf 16132 1 bttv i2c_algo_bit8200 1 bttv btcx_risc 3592 1 bttv All the v4l stuff is compiled as modules Have you changed the access rights of /dev/v4l/* ? 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? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Help! Video4Linux / XawTV
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 supportincluding 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 tvaudio18892 0 msp340019556 0 bttv 121708 0 video_buf 16132 1 bttv i2c_algo_bit8200 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 readyunless 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 optionsOtherwise, 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 internalsso a move to Gentoo is a heady mix of a LOT of RTFMmixed 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
Re: [gentoo-user] Help! Video4Linux / XawTV
On 09 Nov 2003 16:49:19 +1300 Steve Withers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 optionsOtherwise, 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 internalss If you still have a RedHat system available, checkout the kernel .config to see what options RedHat used to make this work. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
