George,
If you su to root and run this command:
find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name ivtv
what do you get?
--Dave
George Fragos wrote:
> Harold,
>
> I appreciate your help. As shown below the term "ivtv" doesn't exist in
> the log. lspci identifies both cards and modprobe can' t find ivtv.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg|grep ivtv
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci
> < snip >
> 0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878
> Video Capture (rev 11)
> 0000:00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
> Capture (rev 11)
> 0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc
> iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
> < snip >
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ modprobe ivtv
> FATAL: Module ivtv not found.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
>
> -- George
>
>
> On 6/14/06, *Harald Overas* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> If your distribution support udev you dont have to put anything into
> /etc/modprobe.conf. Everythink should be autodetected fine if the
> ivtv modules and firmware are place in corrected places. Read first
> the documentation placed together with the ivtv source. What does
> dmesg | grep ivtv says. Can you post it here?
> From README.devices:
>
> Base devices
> ============
>
> For every extra card you have the numbers increased by one. For example,
> /dev/video0 is listed as the 'base' encoding capture device so we have:
>
> /dev/video0 is the encoding capture device for the first card (card 0)
> /dev/video1 is the encoding capture device for the second card
> (card 1)
> /dev/video2 is the encoding capture device for the third card
> (card 2)
>
> Note that if the first card doesn't have a feature (eg no decoder,
> so no
> video16, the second card will still use video17. The simple rule is
> 'add
> the card number to the base device number'. If you have other capture
> cards (e.g. WinTV PCI) that are detected first, then you have to tell
> the ivtv module about it so that it will start counting at 1 (or 2, or
> whatever). Otherwise the device numbers can get confused. See the
> ivtv_first_minor module option for more information.
>
> Harald
>
>
> On 6/14/06, *Dave Sp* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:
>
> 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
> <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]>
> > <mailto: [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]>>
> > > <mailto:[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.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > ____________
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> > >
> > >
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