Re: [Cooker] Re: [Frozen-CHRPM] kwintv-0.7.99-1mdk

[Thierry Vignaud]

pgeorges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > It seems well known that the bttv in the 2.2 kernels is broken.  We
> > all await 2.4 and v4l2.   Have you tried Gerd Knorr's latest bttv?
> 
> I sometimes manage to use my TV card (chipset BT848) with cooker's
> kernel. The problem is more a config problem, than a really broken
> driver (for example I had to comment dga support out of
> /etc/X11/XF86Config files, I got module dependencies bugs, etc.).
> 
> But I feel confident that bttv will end up working in Mandrake 7.2.

You no more have to provide the videmem parameter. Idem for tuner
in most cases. Because we've upgraded bttv up to 0.7.35 in kernel
and 0.7.43 in hackkernel.

as for v4l2, i think you'll have to wait quite a long time.