I spoke too soon. rebooted and now I have no video, when I cat video0 I changed nuthen and updated nuthing. No errors in dmesg exext for the firmware buggy message.
Mik Rose wrote: > FYI... > I have fixed my problem... > Not exactly sure how I fixed it but it could be; > updating to 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 > re-installing ivtv firmware > adding these aliass to modprobe.conf > alias char-major-81 ivtv > alias char-major-81-0 videodev > And rebooted. > played a cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg and low and behold, > video! > > Now on to MythTV discussion forums... > > Thanks all (Chris) for the help. > > P.S. Chris, you on the MythTV discussions as well? :P > > > Mik Rose wrote: > >> Has anyone got a suggestions on resolving this issue. It appears >> that everything loads correctly from dmesg. >> >> I have tried cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg and all i get on playback is >> a black screen. >> TVTime says no signal ivtv:Invalid argument Cannot open capture >> device /dev/video0 >> MythTV Error getting inputs for the capture card. Perhaps you have >> forgotten to bind video sources to your card's inputs? >> >> /dev/video /dev/video0 /dev/video24 /dev/video32 all exist. >> >> I use a usb mouse so I tried the attaching a ps2 mouse for interrupt >> 12 work around I read somewhere. No go on that. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have not been able to get >> video0 open through all the trouble shooting and tribulations >> regarding loading the firmware. >> >> Here is my dmesg; >> >> Linux video capture interface: v1.00 >> eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker >> http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html >> eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. >> Savochkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others >> ivtv: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted. >> ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== >> ivtv: version 0.4.2 (tagged release) loading >> ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0 >> 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) >> PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:09.0 >> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) >> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] >> tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 32552, rev B123, serial# 7164106 >> tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1236 (idx 23, type 2) >> tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08) >> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27) >> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19) >> tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has no IR remote >> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) >> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] >> saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) >> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21] >> msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP4448G-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio >> mode=simpler >> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4448G-A2, addr=40] >> msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started >> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes) >> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040024 >> ivtv0 warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011 >> or 0x02050032. >> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB >> total) >> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB >> total) >> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB >> total) >> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers >> (2048KB total) >> ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream >> tuner 0-0061: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and >> compatibles)) >> ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0 >> ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ivtv-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
