I just noticed my reply has been "held-up" cuz the .config attachment was a bit large.
So - if you'd like to look at that let me know. My orig email said I had installed the generic 2.6.9 kernel without the BTTV/CXX drives (so I could build the BTTV/CXX modules (v1.5) which come with the card. The new drivers were very easy to setup/install. No kernel "patches" or "hacks". -John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mercury Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Good news for pcHDTV folks - new drivers out today Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:38:43 -0600 > > On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:49:30 -0600, Mercury Morris > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:56:19 -0500, john roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Good news - looks like the v1.5 drivers were released today. > > > > > > I've had good luck with them under 2.6.9. > > > > Yes, I would call it just that, "luck". > > > > Has anyone else had a look at the 1.5 drivers? If so, were you > > brave enough to try to follow the README(s) included? I am not that brave. > > > > I found three README files, two called README and one called README.ivtv. > > These files could hardly be called "complete installation instructions". > > > > John, if you truly did succeed in getting the 1.5 drivers to work, would you > > be kind enough to tell the rest of us, in detail, how you did it? > > > > Did you build a new kernel? How did you figure out what the READMEs > > instruct us to do? I certainly will not risk a working system by trying to > > follow an incomplete set of instructions. Just two nights ago, I was able, > > for the first time, to watch HDTV and SDTV on side-by-side TV sets. > > "King of Queens" was the program, and while it's not an HDTV Showcase > > program, the difference blew me away. > > > > I would love to try the new 1.5 drivers, but not if it means missing the > > Packers-Vikings game in HDTV, due to my inability to follow the READMEs. > > > > Thanks for any details you might be willing to post here, so that the rest > > of us HD-3000 owners might be able to move up to 1.5. > > Thanks to all who replied, telling of their experiences installing > the pcHDTV 1.5 drivers. > > -- > MM > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
