Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying like hell to install DVB under GNU/Linux. In a first attempt, I > tried a redhat 8.0 installation. I tried this without success : > > #copy the RH System.map from /boot/System.map-2.4.xx to > #/usr/src/linux/System.map > #go to /usr/src/linux, "make clean" and "make mrproper" > #"make menuconfig" and load the current config from /boot (must be > #config-2.4.xx or so) > #save settings an go out of menuconfig > #"make dep" > #try to build the driver
This is how I just successfully compiled and loaded the modules on a RH7.3 with kernel 2.4.18-27 (which is the same as the latest for RH8.0): cd /usr/src ln -s linux-2.4 linux cd linux make distclean # edit the Makefile: erase the 'custom' from $EXTRAVERSION cp /boot/config-2.4.18-27.8.0 .config make oldconfig make dep Now build and load your DVB driver. > Is there a RedHat 8.0 RPM package targeted at 'normal' avarage users like > myself. Not that I'm aware of. > I am dying for help. This is now 2 months since I bought my DVB card. Still > not working under GNU/Linux. I am not prepared to install a new kernel, > because it will not be compatible with the boot sequence of RedHat 8.0. That's not completely true. A self-compiled kernel is in most cases the easiest way to get external kernel patches/ modules to work. And regarding the "boot sequence": sometimes you have to disable one or two init scripts that depend on special kernel patches that RedHat included. That' all. Cheers, Juri -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
