On Aug 17, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Jim and Wendy wrote: > What he was telling you how to do is enable your kernel to build the > msp3400 as part of the kernel. After that you would build the kernel > from scratch. This is not something for people without lots of Linux > experience. > > And you don't have to do it. From your posts, it appears your kernel > does have a valid msp3400.ko file that should be loading. Make sure > it is named with its original name and then try the following : > /sbin/depmod -a > /sbin/modinfo msp3400 > > The modinfo command should tell you about the msp3400 module, if its > in the right place. If it does find it, then you should be able to > modprobe ivtv. > > Keith C > > Hey Keith, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I did what you suggested and was about > to claim "no joy" when I decided to reboot. Now I have sound on > both recordings and live TV!! WoooHooo!! As you would imagine I > did a modprobe ivtv many times before. I am confused as to what > fixed the problem I was having. Was it the modinfo msp3400 or just > renaming the file and then doing the modprobe ivtv again? Thanks > again for the help. I have seen a lot of people having this > trouble and wanted them to have a definitive answer in this chain > if possible. > > Jimbo
The reboot let the modprobe start fresh. You could have achieved the same result by manually unloading modules, but a reboot can be quicker. The depmod goes through your module directories and sees what's there and builds a dependency list. This has to be done anytime you change the names, add or remove modules. Thats what got your kernel to see that module once it had the right name. Actually, a misnamed module is fairly rare, and only happens when people follow Jarod's guide with a kernel newer than he was using (msp3400 was built in both places in his guide, but is only in the kernel in newer kernels). I learned MythTV on Jarod's guide and love it, but its getting a bit dated. Keith C _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
