What HDTV card just works?

Marc E. wrote:
> Whatever. IVTV is broken.
> 
> I gave up long ago after nights of trying to fix broken software.
> 
> I am returning my TV card.
> 
> When I first started this post, nobody replied anyways.
> 
> I am getting an HDTV card (something that works)
> 
> Everything should just work.
> 
> And about this solution, it doesnt work. The default debian kernel has 
> tmpfs.
> 
> David Pettit wrote:
>> Yes, I built my own kernel.  Yes, I did enable CONFIG_FW_LOADER.
>>
>> Where did you get 2.6.16 for Debian?  The latest one I've seen on Aptitude
>> is 2.6.8.  I couldn't get it to run without going to Kernel Panic, so I
>> built one from scratch.  I just pulled the latest stable version from
>> kernel.com.
>>
>> Aptitude says I have udev 0.093-1 installed.
>>
>> Do you think it's the kernel that's the problem?  If I need to get a
>> different version I will.  After five rounds of compiling (and making
>> changes to the configuration and recompiling) this weekend, I think I've got
>> the hang of it.  If you want I can post the .config file for you to look at.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ian Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:01 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Cc: 'User discussion about IVTV'
>> Subject: RE: [ivtv-users] Errors with IVTV 0.6.2 and Linux 2.6.16.19onDebian
>> unstable
>>
>> On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 13:30 -0500, David Pettit wrote:
>>   
>>> I had already tried copied the files from /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware to
>>> /lib/firmware.  The same files exist in both locations.  I still get the
>>> same errors.
>>>     
>> How odd.
>>
>> I haven't seen 2.6.16.19 in Debian yet so I presume you build your own
>> kernel. Have you got CONFIG_FW_LOADER enabled? 
>>
>> I'm using the Debian supplied linux-image-2.6.16-2-k7 version 2.6.16-14,
>> which is the latest and is 2.6.16.17 and it works OK.
>>
>> Have you got udev installed?
>>
>> Ian.
>>
>>   
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