I'm running Fedora Core 3 (x86) with a PVR-350 and a PVR-500 (which in the past has been a most troublesome combination). I do plan on upgrading to FC4 x86-64 at some point, but I have other things I want to do first.
You will need to upgrade to the 0.3 series - I had massive difficulties getting a PVR-350 and a PVR-500 to work together. I could get them working individually, and coulg get a PVR-250 and a PVR-500 working together, but not a PVR-350 and PVR-500. I'm using a 0.3.9 SVN snapshot that I built a couple of weeks ago - I have no reason to believe that a newer version of 0.3.9 wouldn't work either; I just haven't had time to update. Everything is auto-detected beautifully, and it "just works". From my modprobe.conf: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv alias char-major-81-2 ivtv install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv;/sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb That's it, that's all, no messing with module options anymore, and no messing around with aliases for tuner modules. My kernel is: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 #1 Fri Jul 15 00:59:10 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux The kernel was pulled from ATrpms. -- Joe --- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings... > > I have a happily functioning MythTV (0.18.1) on an > Asus Pundit, running > Fedora Core 3 (2.6.11-1.27_FC3) with a Hauppauge > PVR-350 (NTSC). I'm using > the PVR-350's TV-Out to send MythTV's (composite) > output to my home theater > system. The ivtv driver currently installed is > version 0.2.0-rc3j. > Recording, playback, LiveTV, etc are all working > just fine. > > Lately, I've been longing for another (at least > one!) tuner, so I've > purchased a PVR-500MCE to populate the second (and > sole remaining!) PCI slot > in the Pundit. I thought I had a handle on what > needed to be done on the > system to install/configure the new card, but now > I'm not so sure... and I > have a few questions, if anyone here can give me a > moment or two. > (Amazon.com screwed up the order, so instead of > doing it this weekend, I'll > be doing it next weekend [unless they screw up > again!]). > > ivtv driver > ----------- > > Originally, I thought I would -have- to update ivtv > to 0.3.9 in order to use > the PVR-500 -- but then, looking at the changelog > for the 0.2.0 driver, it > indicates (as of at least rc3j) that "all the > support for PVR-150 and > PVR-500 cards had been backleveled" into the 0.2.0 > release. I've seen an > *great* deal of development in the 0.3.9 chain over > the past two weeks, > specifically concerning the PVR-150 and/or PVR-500, > but no resultant update > release in the 0.2.0 chain... so I tend to doubt the > claim in the changelog > for the 0.2.0 series. It's looking like 0.3.9 (or, > soon to be 0.4.0) > version upgrade is probably the right path to go, > here... right? > > modprobe.conf > ------------- > > Currently, the relevant portions of my > /etc/modprobe.conf looks like this: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # This is for WinTV PVR-350 IVTV > # ivtv modules setup > alias char-major-81 videodev > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv > install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; > /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb > > # lirc setup > install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe > --ignore-install > lirc_i2c > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I've read several items on the web (and in this > list) that indicate I should > modify this file to include another ivtv line: > > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > > ..below the "-81-0" line. Since I'll be adding a > PVR-500, which is > essentially two PVR-150s, do I need to also add a > third ivtv line? > > (alias char-major-81-2 ivtv) > > ?? > > i2c > --- > > Finally, in the FAQ (yes, I've read it!), the answer > to the question "I have > more than 1 card. What should be in my > modprobe.conf?" discusses possibly > needing to add a few more lines to control i2c, > specifically in the case of > adding a PVR-500 to an existing PVR-350 system: > > options cx25840 i2c_enable=-1,1,1 > options saa7127 i2c_enable=1,-1,-1 > > Is this FAQ answer still relevant to the 0.3.9 (or > 0.4.0) driver? > > > I would truly appreciate any/all answers (especially > the correct ones!! > haha!) you folks could provide to the above > questions.. as well as any > other relevant insights. :) > > Thanks for taking the time to read through this... > > - briand > > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
