Sorry for the delay. I've installed a multimedia kernel. Here is the result of dmesg | grep ivtv
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== ivtv: version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.17.13-mm-desktop-3mdv preempt mod_unload 686 REGPARM gcc-4.1 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based) ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) ivtv0: Failed to load module tda9887 saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0) ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory? ivtv0 warning: failed loading encoder firmware ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -3! ivtv0: Error -3 initializing firmware. ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization ivtv: probe of 0000:00:09.0 failed with error -12 ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== ed wrote: > Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > >> On Sunday 04 March 2007 08:47, Christopher Boorman wrote: >> >> >>> I'm assuming I need to install a multimedia kernel? Does this replace >>> the entire kernel, or is a modular patch? Mandriva control center offers: >>> >>> kernel-multimedia-desktop-2.6.17.13-3mdv >>> kernel-multimedia-desktop-latest - Virtual rpm for latest >>> kernel-multimedia-desktop >>> kernel-multimedia-desktop-smp-2.6.17.13-3mdv - Linux kernel for desktop >>> use with i386-smp >>> kernel-multimedia-desktop-smp-latest - Virtual rpm for latest >>> kernel-multimedia-desktop-smpkernel-multimedia-source-2.6.17.13-3mdv - >>> The source code for the Linux kernel-multimedia-2.6.17.13-3mdv >>> kernel-multimedia-source-latest - Virtual rpm for latest >>> kernel-multimedia-source >>> kernel-multimedia-source-stripped-2.6.17.13-3mdv - The stripped source >>> code for the Linux kernel-multimedia-2.6.17.13-3mdv >>> kernel-multimedia-source-stripped-latest - Virtual rpm for latest >>> kernel-multimedia-source >>> >>> Do I just install one of these and I'm done? >>> >>> >> sorry, i'm not using mandriva, and you will need to wait for more expert >> advice on what to pick from the available kernel images >> >> >> > sorry, just now catching on that this thread was about a mandriva users > problems. > have you installed the mandriva rpm for the IVTV firmware? in what > folder? can you include the lines from /var/log/dmseg about IVTV? which > kernel you use makes a ton of difference as to what version of ivtv to > run, and it's neither clearly spelled out for Mandriva users, and is it > often changing. > as root 'urpmi ivtv'? .... > > _______________________________________________ > 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
