Re: [Ivtv-users] first post, I need some help with ivtv with a pvr350...Please help!!

[Morten Rønseth]

Hi, This is how I got it my 150 to work: 1. "Edit /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h and remove 'custom' from the end of the UTS_RELEASE version number Also edit /usr/src/linux/Makefile and remove 'custom' from the end of the EXTRAVERSION version number" (So that the modules get placed in the correct directory) 2. Removed any old modules: find /lib -name "*ivtv*" rm -rf /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/kernel/3rdparty/ivtv find /lib -name "msp3400*" rm /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/kernel/drivers/media/video/msp3400.ko.gz 3. cd ivtv-0.3.2.d cp utils/videodev2.h driver/videodev2.h (not sure this is needed...) cd driver make all install 4. cd ../utils cp '/mnt/CDROM/WinTV-PVR-150MCE_2.0.18.22280 WHQL Signed/HcwMakoA.ROM' /lib/modules/. ./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe 5. And finally: modprobe tveeprom sleep 1 modprobe videodev sleep 1 modprobe cx25840 i2c_enable=1 sleep 1 modprobe tuner sleep 1 modprobe wm8775 sleep 1 modprobe ivtv ivtv_std=2 tuner=52 The '...HcwMakoA.ROM' line copies the ROM file from the supplied CDROM. The location might be different in your case. Cheers, -Morten Evan Burrows wrote: 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. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Ivtv-users mailing list Ivtv-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. 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