George,
Correction: Run this command as root:
find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name ivtv*
--Dave
Dave Sp wrote:
> 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.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > ____________
>> > > George Fragos
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>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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