Hi. Maybe it make no difference,but im sure coldplug should be in boot level. Tripple checkf the firmware filenames as those changed some time ago ;-)
/Fredrik 2006-03-13 23:11 skrev dill weed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Yes, coldplug is emerged and it running at the default runlevel. I >double check the firmware names and directory locations, but the >firmware is still not found. >Reid > >On 3/13/06, Nick Rosier <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> On 3/13/06, dill weed <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> > Sorry if this is a question that has already been asked or if this is the >> > wrong list, howerver, I can\'t find a workable solution and am looking here >> > for help. Anyways, I\'m trying to get the firmware loaded so that my >> > capture >> > cards work. >> > >> > A little about my system. I have one PVR-250 and one PVR-500 in my system >> > I\'m also running an up to date Gentoo system with a 2.6.15 kernel. I know >> > the cards work, because they worked with earlier versions of the ivtv >> > driver. But because of other issues with the computer I went back to a >> > Windows system until different drivers (ndiswrapper) became more refined >> > and >> > didn\'t keep locking up my system. >> > >> > Anyways, I remember that ivtv drivers use to look for firmware in the >> > /lib/modules directory, but that has since moved to a hotplug system. Not >> > sure if that is good or bad, but it is causing me to pull my hair out, and >> > I >> > don\'t have much left as it is. It seems that Gentoo uses udev as default >> > to >> > load drivers upon booting. If udev doesn\'t have the proper rules its >> > suppose >> > to \"switch/call\" hotplug to finish the process. However, this doesn\'t >> > seem >> > to be working properly though. When ever I load ivtv into the kernel I get >> > this: >> > >> > (start >> > snip)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== >> > ivtv: version 0.4.3 (tagged release) loading >> > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 preempt K7 gcc-3.4 >> > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between >> > ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with >> > ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. >> > ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (cx23416 based) >> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level, low) >> > -> >> > IRQ 5 >> > tveeprom: ivtv version >> > tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32062, rev = C199, serial# = 8115600 >> > tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, type = 50) >> > tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000) >> > tveeprom: audio processor = MSP3445 (type = c) >> > tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13) >> > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] >> > tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 >> > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] >> > saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver >> > saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) >> > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21] >> > msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver >> > msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP3445G-B8 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio >> > mode=simpler >> > msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started >> > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP3445G-B8, addr=40] >> > ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw >> > ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory? >> > ivtv0 warning: failed loading encoder firmware >> > ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -3! >> > ivtv0: Error -3 initializing firmware. >> > ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization >> > ivtv: probe of 0000:00:0b.0 failed with error -12 >> > >> > (end snip, happens for both all >> > cards)-------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Supposedly hotplug is looking for firmware in /lib/firmware according to >> > /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent, but for some reason it doesn\'t see it. If I >> > do >> > this \"cat \"/sbin/hotplug\" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug\" then ivtv loads >> > perfectly. Upon rebooting /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug reverts back to >> > \"/sbin/udevsend\". I\'ve tried the workaround in this post >> > <b><a href=http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=914 >> > TARGET=\"_new\">http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=914</a></b> , >> > but it >> > seems that udev-079 (which I\'m using) already has this fix incorporated >> > into >> > it. I\'m at a loss at what to do, and my wife is getting more anxious then >> > ever to her PVR back. Is there anyone out ther also running Gentoo or >> > running into a similar problem as this and has a fix for it? >> > >> > Another question, what caused the developers to switch to hotplug, rather >> > then keeping the firmware located in /lib/modules? Is there a make switch >> > that we can use to when compiling the ivtv driver so that it looks in >> > /lib/modules again rather then using hotplug? >> >> Did you emerge coldplug and add it to the default runlevel? I had a >> friend who was having simular problems. They got solved after he >> emerged coldplug. >> >> N. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ivtv-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> <b><a href=http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel >> TARGET=\"_new\">http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel</a></b> >> > >_______________________________________________ >ivtv-devel mailing list >[email protected] ><b><a href=http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel >TARGET=\"_new\">http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel</a></b> > > _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
