Phil, Thanks a ton for your assistance with this issue. I will try to work through this and report back.
Mark On 5/31/06, Phil Davidov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > Coming from Gentoo-land, I config all my kernel's via > 'make menuconfig' and build all my kernels from > source. > > Just to let you know, I am not too familiar with > installing/building kernels under Fedora. But yes, I > would recommend building your 2.6.16 kernel from > source and it really does not matter which one you > boot from when you do this. > > If you want to make life a little simpler, you can > copy the old '.config' from the old kernel src dir you > boot from into the new kernel source dir and do a > 'make oldconfig'. This will ask you questions on the > command-line about all new additions in the new kernel > to help you bring the '.config' up-to-date. Then > simply go back in with 'make menuconfig' and set the > kernel drivers/modules you need. > > Then do whatever you need to install the kernel and > modules. In my case with Gentoo, I simply do 'make && > make modules_install && make install' and its all done > for me. > > As far as the ivtv drivers, I believe building with > 'make clean && make && make install' should clean out > all the old build files and give you a clean ivtv > driver installation. > > Phil > > > --- Mark Prinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey Phil, > > > > Regarding the kernel upgrade...are you thinking I > > should compile it > > from source? Or, can I do this with yum (e.g. > > perhaps boot with > > 2.6.11, yum remove all the non-2.6.11 stuff, yum > > install 2.6.16 (with > > devel), reboot with 2.6.16). > > > > Then, recompile ivtv. Dumb question...do I need to > > 'remove' what I > > already installed for ivtv or will rebuilding it > > with make clean or > > make distclean do this for me? > > > > Sorry if this is OT...still somewhat of a linux > > noob. > > > > Thanks again for your help! > > > > On 5/31/06, Phil Davidov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mark, > > > > > > Looks like you are building ivtv dirvers against > > the > > > correct kernel sources. My recommendation at this > > > point would be to do a clean build/install of the > > > kernel and kernel modules and then to simply do a > > > fresh build/install of the ivtv drivers w/out > > > overlaying the kernel modules. It looks like > > you've > > > got the firmware in right place/places. > > > > > > Hope I didn't run you around too much. Let me > > know > > > how things go. > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
