On Friday 24 March 2006 15:16, Gregory Stark wrote:
> I just built a new 2.6.16 kernel, built 0.6.0 extracting fresh
> firmware and put them in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. When I modprobe
> the driver the machine wedges.
>
> I see on the list archives a comment "The options 'Add support for
> additional audio chipsets' and 'Add support for additional video
> chipsets' must be turned on in the kernel config."
>
> By that do you mean to diagnose his problem that these options are
> causing the problem? Or suggest that these options are mandatory and
> missing them will cause oopses and crashes?
>
> I don't seem to have these options enabled. Should I? Should not
> having them enabled lead to kernel wedges?
>
> I wish I had more info to report but the machine just freezes. I'll
> try again in a console, maybe I'll get more info.
You must enable these options. Without them ivtv is guaranteed not to
work. Dunno if they are the cause of the crash, but you must do this
first.
Hans
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