Sorry, but I could use some additional help here. I was using the 
Mandriva packaging tools. This is, in fact, a new install of Mandriva 
Spring 2007. I'm sure what you mean by perl having a search path. Any 
help you, or anyone else, could provide would be appreciated.



Guðlaugur Jóhannesson wrote:
> Now you have another problem, that is perl also has a search path.  Here are 
> a 
> few methods
> http://www.rocketaware.com/perl/perlfaq8/How_do_I_add_a_directory_to_my_i.htm
>
> Otherwise, I would suggest that you use the mandriva packages for ivtv in the 
> future, unless you have compelling reasons not to use them.  It is easy to 
> create a lot of mess if you install programs by hand.  That's why the 
> packaging system was invented.  I think the packages are available at
> http://plf.zarb.org/
> but since I am not using Mandriva I do not know for sure.  Google is your 
> friend in those cases.
>
> Þann Þriðjudagur 7. ágúst 2007 19:36 skrifaðir þú:
>   
>> When I try that, I get:
>>
>> Can't locate Video/Frequencies.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
>> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8
>> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
>> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux
>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7
>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux
>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at
>> /home/chris/ivtv-1.0.1/utils/perl/ptune.pl line 8.
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
>> /home/chris/ivtv-1.0.1/utils/perl/ptune.pl line 8.
>>
>> Guðlaugur Jóhannesson wrote:
>>     
>>> When you type in a program name, the computer searches for those program
>>> in predefined paths.  Those paths are defined in the PATH environment
>>> variables. Typing "echo $PATH" (without quotes) will give you your
>>> current search path. In modern linux distributions, the current path is
>>> not include in the search path for security reasons.  That is why you
>>> have to specify the path to the program when it is not in your search
>>> path.
>>>
>>> This should not be a complicated thing but I might not be the best person
>>> to explain this.  So the easiest way to run the programs is just to give
>>> the full path to the ptune.pl, which I think in your case is
>>> /home/chris/ivtv-1.0.1/utils/perl/ptune.pl
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Gulli
>>>
>>> Þann Þriðjudagur 7. ágúst 2007 19:04 skrifaði Christopher Boorman:
>>>       
>>>> I'm not sure I understand. What is a "search path". What is a PATH
>>>> environment variable?
>>>>
>>>> Guðlaugur Jóhannesson wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Current directory is not in your search path.  You can put the
>>>>> directories with the utilities in your PATH environment variable (use
>>>>> google if you don't know how) and then you can type ptune.pl or
>>>>> ivtv-tune from any directory. You can also add the path to the
>>>>> utilities on the command line, either relative or absolute paths.  So
>>>>> when your in the utility directory, typing ./ptune.pl should work.
>>>>>
>>>>> HTH
>>>>> Gulli
>>>>>
>>>>> Þann Þriðjudagur 7. ágúst 2007 14:02 skrifaði Christopher Boorman:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I finally got my Mandriva 2007 Spring installed. My Hauppauge 250 card
>>>>>> is recognized. Entering
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mplayer /dev/video0 will allow me to watch tv, but only 1 channel.
>>>>>> I'm not able to watch TV using KMplayer. I get error message "mplayer
>>>>>> not running".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First things first though, the utilities are in
>>>>>> /home/chris/ivtv-1.0.1/utils/perl typing
>>>>>> ptune.pl -c6 gives me error
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ptune.pl: command not found
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Same goes true for trying to use ivtv-tune.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>>>>>>             
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