--- On Mon, 29/9/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 29 September, 2008, 10:59 AM > On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > > Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get my new > Hauppage USB tv stick to > > work under linux. > > > > I have been constantly perplexed by references to > compilable kernel modules > > I couldn't see! I assumed it was because they > referred to old modules or > > something. > > > > But having downloaded and booted into Knoppix and run > make menuconfig on > > that i have confirmed that kernel seems to have > 10's of TV card chipset > > drivers availible to compile whereas > gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources emerged > > on my machine have maybe 2 or 3. > > > > Can someone offer me some assistance as to why this > might be? > > > > Thank you > > > > (This is my first mailing list post - please be > gentle!) > > > > ----------------------- > > N: Jon Hardcastle > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 'The writing is on the wall...' > > ----------------------- > > because a large part of the dvb/tv drivers are developed > outside of the main > kernel tree. Also a large part is hidden under > experimental. > > For my dvb-t stick I need to checkout a mercurial rep and > do a make, make > install in it do get drivers that work. And with > 'work' I mean: no sound on > first try, but after disconnecting the stick and > reconnecting it, it suddenly > works.
Hi, I went thru this process but i still dont have the option to add support as a kernel module. Should the mercurial add steps to the menuconfig?
