First, I'm running a regular Pentium 4, 32 bit, so I don't have any experience with 64-bit Linux distros.
Also, I didn't have to specify any "alias char-major-81*"; maybe that's due to my using "udev". (I don't have a "/etc/modprobe.d" directory, either.) The "special places" for me were specified at <http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Documentation> (I followed and used the information under "General Purpose (Main) Howto", but there's a "Ubuntu" link you might want to look at.) The ivtv driver modules were installed in my "/lib/modules/`uname -r`" tree as specified in the ivtv web page documentation link mentioned above, and the "v4l-cx2*" firmware files were installed in my "/lib/hotplug/firmware" directory, but see the instructions at <http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware> to find out where your distro wants them to be located. Another note: My bttv module loads first, then I hand-load the ivtv module. (I haven't taken the time to automate this yet.) --Dave George Fragos wrote: > I installed .deb packages from "http://www.hellion.org.uk/debian sid" > for ivtv and placed the latest firmware in /lib/firmware. In > /etc/modprobe.d/aliases I changed: > > alias char-major-81-* videodev > > to > > alias char-major-81-0 videodev > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > > Could you please be more definitive about the "special places" you > mentioned and what goes in them. Tell me what distro you have and I'll > make any translations necessary for Ubuntu 6.0.6 AMD64 2.6.15. > > I've found "ivtvdev_drv.so-amd64" as recommended but can't figure out > what to do with it or where to place it. > > I've tried to follow at least three different sets of directions and > always get to the point where "modprobe ivtv" can't find ivtv. I say > tried because there were always some errors. For example the issue of > where to place the firmware. > > Any guidance would be appreciated -- George > > On 6/13/06, *Dave Sp* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > No, I didn't do anything special. After putting modules ivtv, > tuner, etc. into > the specified places and running "depmod -a", I was able to load > ivtv with > "modprobe ivtv" and now MythTV uses both cards. > > --Dave > > George Fragos wrote: > > My thanks to Dave for answering. Was there anything special that > had to > > be done to accommodate the mixed video card types? I'm running > Ubuntu > > 6.0.6 and although I believe I've correctly installed, modprobe can't > > find ivtv. I can for example run ivtv-detect but it only sees > the bttv > > card. -- George > > > > On 6/12/06, *Dave Sp* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > George, > > > > Yes, it is possible. I'm running an ATI TV-Wonder Pro (bttv) > and a > > Hauppauge > > PVR-500 (ivtv) in the same box (2.6.8.1-12mdk) right now. At > first, > > the ATI > > card lost sound after a while, but after moving back to the older > > version of > > module "msp3400" the problem went away. > > > > --Dave > > > > > > George Fragos wrote: > > > I have both a WinTV bttv card and a PVR150. Only the > WinTV bttv card > > > works. I've tried to configure the box for both. Even > > ivtv-detect only > > > sees the bttv card. I've read that multiple ivtv cards can be > > run and > > > how to configure that. My question is, can both a bttv > and ivtv card > > > run in the same system? My system is Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS > > > 2.6.15-23-amd64-generic. > > > > > > -- > > ____________ > > George Fragos > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > 73 East Swift Ave. > > Fresno CA 93704 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ivtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > > > > > -- > ____________ > George Fragos > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 73 East Swift Ave. > Fresno CA 93704 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
