Sorry for bringing an old post of mine back up but I ended up restoring the old 2.6.8-1.521 ivtv stuff. Like i mentioned in my first email I used atrpms to install ivtv but i would like to learn how to compile the driver from source. I have installed the FC2 2.6.9-1.6 kernel from the redhat site and downloaded the ivtv-0.2.0-rc3d driver from chris kennedy's site and now i am trying to figure out how to compile it. How do i know if everything is compiled into the kernel that i need that I pulled from the fedora site? I have seen a few different ways to compile the driver and just want to make sure i am doing it the right way since i am a relative newb. I would also like to keep my mythtv box downtime to a minimum. On the byopvr site I found the following instructions:
$ tar -xzf ivtv-0.1.9.tar.gz $ cd ivtv/utils $ wget http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr250/pvr250_17_21288.exe $ su # ./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr250_17_21288.exe # exit $ cp videodev2.h ../driver $ cd ../driver $ make $ su # make install # cd ../utils # make # make install The ivtv site is a little different. And another site said just to do a make in the drivers folder so I am a little confused. Do i need to remove the old ivtv rpms for my older 2.6.8-1.521 kernel? Also, I downloaded the firmware version from chris's website as well (pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe). If someone could walk through this so I could get my pvr350 working over its tvout I would extremely appreciate it. Sorry if this is a repeat question. I just want to make sure i have everything i need before i start. thanks in advance! Evan On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:26:59 -0500, Evan Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will post it tomorrow, I am watching tv right now on it. I had to > fall back to the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel and then installed the rpms for > ivtv from atrpms. I got everything back up and working with that > kernel so i know it was somehting with the ivtv drivers because that > is the only stuff that i had to change to get it working again. > Unfortunately now i that i had to go back to the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel > from the 2.6.9-1.6 kernel (that i was having the problem with) I lost > the use of my usb gamepad. So if i could figure out the right combo > of ivtv stuff for the 2.6.9-1.6 kernel that would be great. I will > try loading that kernel again and get that output for you tomorrow. > Like i said I am using the computer to watch tv right now. > > Oh by the way here is what i was running for the 2.6.9-1.6 kernel > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep ivtv > perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-6.rhfc2.at > ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at > kernel-module-ivtv-2.6.9-1.6_FC2-0.1.10-48.3_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc2.at > ivtv-firmware-1.8a-4.at > ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at > ivtv-0.1.10-48.3_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc2.at > > thanks! > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:49:56 -0500, Michael T. Dean > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Evan Burrows wrote: > > > > > > > > >Ok here is my story.. I have set up a mythtv box on a p4 1.8 pentium > > >system. I followed the directions from Jarod wilson on site site > > >wilsonet.com. I used atrpms to pull down the rpms for ivtv and all > > >that stuff. I originally had full functionality of my mythtv box > > >under the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel but I was not able to get my usb gamepad > > >to work under that kernel. So I received some help from people on the > > >mythtv mailings list and upgraded to the 2.6.9-1.6 kernel and I was > > >able to get my gamepad to work. Yesterday everything was working > > >under that kernel and I was watching live tv on my mythtv box ( I use > > >the tv out of my pvr 350 card with the ivtvdev driver via svideo out). > > >All was well but then I had to shut down my frontend and from that > > >point on I have not been able to bring the frontend back up. I > > >rebooted and the system boots because I can ssh into my box but when i > > >view the svideo channel on my tv the screen is just black. One of the > > >users on the mythtv users mailing list helped me out and we went > > >through dmesg and var/log/messages (I believe) and he said that by > > >looking at the errors that it was most likely a problem with the ivtv > > >drivers. > > > > > >Here is what I was running on my box when it was working (keep in mind > > >that I didn't alter any of this stuff so I guess I just have bad luck > > >when it comes to this mythtv box): > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep ivtv > > >perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-6.rhfc2.at > > >ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at > > >kernel-module-ivtv-2.6.9-1.6_FC2-0.1.10-48.3_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc2.at > > >ivtv-firmware-1.8a-4.at > > >ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at > > >ivtv-0.1.10-48.3_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc2.at > > > > > >SO i know that this setup works because i used it before but I wanted > > >to ask you guys what i should do to get this working again. Are there > > >more stable drivers that I should try? I have never compiled your > > >drivers so if that is required if you could provide a short > > >explanation of what I would have to do it would be appreciates (I am a > > >relative amateur at linux and have been pulling all my rpms from > > >atrpms) > > > > > >Any advise on what to do would be greatly appreciated as it would get > > >the wife off my case because she wants to get rid of my mythtv box > > >because it hasn't been reliable so far (and i don't want to get rid of > > >it!) > > > > > >I don't know if you guys need any other info to help me out but I will > > >glady give you guys whatever info you need. > > > > > >Worst case scenario i will go back to the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel and just > > >not have use of my usb gamepad fr mythgame (which was a major reason > > >of me choosing mythtv) > > > > > > > > Please post the ivtv initialization information from your system log. > > Assuming the log is named /var/log/messages, the following command > > should extract the info to stdout: > > > > tac /var/log/messages | > > sed -n '/= END INIT IVTV/,/= START INIT IVTV =/p; > > /= START INIT IVTV =/q' | > > tac > > > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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