When I run xconfig I get a command not found message. Should I b e able to run
this from anywhere? I cannot even run it from the directory you have listed
below. WHen I follow the instruction in the book that came with Linux, I
cannot get any further than this also to recompile my kernel. DO I need to
separately install xconfig?
Wayne
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> Video for Linux shpuld be in all recent kernels. Open an X terminal
> on /usr/src/linux and run make xconfig to see whether v4l is
> present. It should be as a module, and not compiled in the kernel
> (answer M, not Y).
>
> v4l2 will soon replace v4l, together with a new i2c bus. All this
> probably in the next kernel release 2.4
>
> The Linux distributions should make this all come together with
> XF86-4.0 and all the other i2c devices with their next release.
>
> V4l is available now for 2.2 kernels. If you want v4l2, etc, before
> 2.4 kernel time, then the usual bttv and xawtv and lm_sensors (i2c)
> sites contain download and install instructions, which include kernel
> patching for 2.0 kernels. Unfortuantely, this are only available as
> tar files and not yet as RPMs - this means no easy way to back things
> out in the case of a disaster.
>
> Wayne wrote:
> >
> > I have been reading the docs for compiling a kernel and it talks about patching
> > the kernel for video 4 linux support and mentions during the process you should
> > answer 'y' to V4L. Would anyone know if this is loaded by default when you
> > install or do you have to configure your kernel for support?
> > TV Tuner box UI am trying to get working here and getting desparate for support
> > under Linux.
>
> A box? Or a PC PCI card? Which card?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
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Wayne Petherick
Criminology Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Bond University
Gold Coast
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