On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > --- On Mon, 29/9/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED] clausthal.de> 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?
no. it just installs all the drivers in the rep as modules. It doesn't touch any configs at all.
