Just a couple of quick gentoo points: You can put:
LIRC_OPTS="--with-x --with-driver=hauppauge --with-major=61 --with-port=none --with-irq=none" In to /etc/make.conf and then just run: emerge lirc Instead of having to type all that each time. > cd /usr/src/linux > make menuconfg > genkernel all That can also be simplfied to just: genkernel all --menuconfig Hope that helps. Ash. On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:09:48 +0000, Simon Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 12:46, Teus Hagen wrote: > > Some success and fix stories: > > > > On my box FB51 Shuttle (on board graphics, multi channel sound, etc) > > with TV mpeg > > en/decoder Hauppauge PVR350, I run FC3 (Fedora Core 3) fully > > updated/upgraded via apt-get. > > I used the very well written documentation of Jarod's Fedora > > Myth(TV)ology page: > > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv > > to install everything. And on any trouble I went back to this > > documentation step by step to see what and where > > things went wrong when something failed. That documentation was and > > still is very helpfully to me. > > > > teus; i know you don't want o hear this but i've had the least amount of > hassle with gentoo compared to just about every other distribution that i've > used. that includes slackware, redhat, suse and debian. > > i have to use a couple of "non-standard" ebuilds for ivtv and myth but apart > from that everything is pretty much standard. i also have a couple of shell > scripts. one to build myth, one to build lirc 9wth the right options) > > > I know most of the issues raised here are also ivtv issues. I do not > > follow that ivtv list as my > > time is fully consumed to read this email list. > > > > An apt-get upgrade some weeks ago caused to broke my working setup: no > > sound (alsa to AC97), > > X11 on TV set up did not work (mem problems, frame buffer problems), and > > it failed to tune to channels > > with my IR remote after the upgrade. > > > > As many issues are related to the goal of the set up, here is what I > > want/use in my hw set up: > > TV should show mythtv frontend, settings to be changed with the > > Hauppauge remote IR control. Family uses a different language as I do > > (NL versus UK). > > So I'm living in a dutch PAL country. I use a TV CAT > > cable->computer->scart->receiver->TV setup. > > > > Last week I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 and got most things > > to work again. > > Here is what I did (and if I did not choose a smart choice please react > > on that as there is > > many to improve yet). > > for gentoo it is: > > emerge gentoo-dev-sources > cd /usr/src/linux > make menuconfg > genkernel all > emerge ivtv > LIRC_OPTS="--with-x --with-driver=hauppauge --with-major=61 --with-port=none > --with-irq=none" emerge lirc > > > > > - Via a remote login: apt-get to install the new Linux FC3 kernel and > > did reboot to new kernel > > > > - How to prepare for kernel upgrade > > disable via "chkconfig --level 35 XYZ off" the startup of lircd, > > maythbackend > > as well installation of kernel driver modules as ivtv, lirc, ivtv-fb, > > sound > > TIP: I changed the /etc/init.d/{lircd,mythbackend} startup files to > > install via > > /sbin/modprobe the kernel modules ivtv (mythbackend) and lirc-i2c > > (lircd) > > (and if those failed to exit with an error). > > For lircd I included a "if [ ! -e /dev/lirc && -e /dev/lirc0 ]; then > > ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc ; fi " > > after the lirc-i2c kernel module installation command. This to avoid > > lircd startup problems > > (cannot find /dev/lirc), which one could easily check with the irw > > shell command. > > > > - How to upgrade the new kernel modules to the new version: > > Via remote login: KVER=`uname -r` (see Jarod's HowTo) > > apt-get install XYZ- kmdl-$KVER where XYZ is ivtv PVR, lirc IR, alsa > > sound > > > > - No sound in recordings problem, No PAL identified in driver problem > > Things seem to be changed last month probably to avoid the tveeprom > > and msp3400 > > kernel modules "which one first" problem. Modules which have been > > changed in the ivtv setup. > > You will recognize this: alsa sound works with e.g. aplay > > some_file.wav but > > no sound on video recordings or watching TV: > > add the following to be added into your /etc/modprobe.conf file > > alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv > > alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv > > and check if you have those modules as XYZ.o in /lib/modules/$KVER tree. > > If you find msp3400.o twice and no msp3400-ivtv.o then you're having > > an old version > > and see Jarod's HowTo what to do (rename the one in the normal kernel > > lib modules tree, > > and do not use the alias trick). > > In this way I installed a new "760" kernel and modules and could test > > using Jarod's HowTo > > all the kernel modules and see if they worked. > > /var/log/messages showed a fine kernel module load of ivtv, > > ivtv-fb (needed in my setup with the PVR350), lirc-i2c and alsa sound: > > irw worked, aplay file.wav command worked, PVR350 recognized and > > identified as PAL. > > emerge ivtv (using an ebuild for 0.2.0 rc3f > > > > - I want to have X11 right on my TV screen (no monitor use (later)): > > I had vm.min_free_kbytes=16384 set in /etc/sysctl.conf due to memory > > problems > > when loading ivtv. I still have this min_free but I'm not sure this > > is still needed. > > > > I used for PAL usage adjusted the following: > > kernel startup (change /boot/grub/menu.1st) changed "rhgb" to "vga=792" > > The effect was that my (just in case) Sony monitor and on board > > graphics have to > > use /dev/fb0 as frame buffer (Section "Device" in xorg.conf for on > > board graphics has now > > Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb0" (no bus id), and > > the PCV350 go assigned /dev/fb1 now (see lspci command and/or > > /var/log/messages > > for your numbers. ). > > Both values of /dev/fb[01] and the PVR350 PCI busnumber are in the > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > file with for me the PAL hor/vert mode arrangements. > > > > I use two layouts in xorg.conf file: one for my TV and one for my old > > Sony monitor (for > > bjust in case there is trouble). So I can startup X11 with: "startx > > -- -layout XYZ " > > where XYZ is "sony" or "tv". sony for hacking and tv for operational > > use. > > > > I changed for mythtv playback mplayer in the mythtv setup to use x11 > > (in stead of xv). > > > > - Map Vid mem failed problem > > changed in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to use "ivtvdev" for Hauppauge > > PVR350: > > Driver "ivtvdev", Option "fbdev" "dev/fb1", BusID "PCI:01:0x8:0" > > (modify for your ID numbers) > > So I changed it from driver fbdev to ivtvdev this as fbdev is not > > supported any longer > > (you notice the problem with fbdev as: mmap fbmem: invalid argument > > errors if you try). > > Make sure you have ivtvdev.o in your /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers > > directory! > > > > - Upgrade from mythtv-016 to mythtv-0.17 > > For this (rpms were not there at that time)I had to compile > > everything. In the docs dir > > of the sources there are hints what to do. This is what I did to get > > it running on FC3. > > > > Down load the myth-0.17 and mythXYZ-0.17 tar files in a ~/sources/ > > dir. Unpack them. > > Where XYZ is gallery, game, music, news, phone, video, weather, web. > > Starting with myth-0.17 and following the XYZ modules (see notes for > > music and web) > > I did in every mythXXX-0.17 directory: if existed read first the > > configure script to > > see if I needed special options (mostly no opetions were needed) a > > ./configure, > > qmake mythXXX.pro, make, make install. > > That went smoothly. Once I got a C++ compilation error and fixed that > > with an #include <math.h> > > (sqrt, sin, cos, M_PI usage error). > > > > For mythmusic-0.17 (see the README) file I had to install via apt-get > > quite some dependences. > > with the cvs ebuilds that i use it is just a case of > > emerge mythtv-cvs mythbrowser-cvs mythdvd-cvs mythgallery-cvs mythgame-cvs > mythmusic-cvs mythnews-cvs mythphone-cvs mythvideo-cvs mythweather-cvs > mythweb-cvs nuvexport-cvs > > this gets all the dependencies and installs them > > > What the README file does not make clear is that you should also > > install all the <DEPs>-devel > > e.g. apt-get install faad2-devel packages. > > I used for mythmusic .configure --enable-all (include opengl, fftw, > > sdl, asc deps). > > Make sure you install the fftw2 package (the fftw3 seems not to be > > used in mythmusic). > > I had to download the faad2-2.0.tar.gz package in order to get some > > mp4ff header files > > and installed them into the /usr/local/include directory. > > > > For mythweb you need to copy things. See the README. You need to > > create the > > image_cache and php_sessions directories manually. > > I remeber a library problem which was easily fixed by creating a > > synbolic link from > > the require .so file to the <something>.so.0 file. > > > > - changed the /etc/init.d/mythbackend to use > > /usr/local/bin/mythbackend now. > > started the services lird, mythbackend and checked with lsmod if all > > modules > > were there and all sevices were started. > > Reminder: myth-0.16 frontend does not work with myth-0.17 backend. > > > > - This week I installed the myth-0.17 rpm's via apt-get install > > myth-suite and > > that went fine. My /usr/bin/mythXXX is the same as > > /usr/local/bin/mythXXX > > > > - The non-US channel info data base fiull problem: a stalled/hang of > > mythtvsetup GUI > > I'm living in a PAL country to to install tuner channels I run into a > > stalled problem > > (the X11 terminal window is invisible and unusable in order to enter > > a few yes > > values) for adapting, renewing the channels for my local tuner setup. > > (Yes I do > > not or cannoit use the US channel and program services). > > In order to avoid this problem I always do the mythsetup part from a > > remote > > computer (xhost + on the laptop, ssh into the myth box, export > > DISPLAY=laptop:0.0 > > from command line ssh mythtvsetup. When I use the program set up the > > myth GUI > > freezes, so I get to the X11 terminal window to interact with the > > program channel > > setup command and go back to the myth setup GUI. > > > > - How to get sound to my TV or Receiver using PVR350 > > The cable to the PCI card has a 1/8 stereo plug which I attached to > > the audio in > > connector of my sound card (for me it is on board so to the base frame). > > Via kmix I enable input (and surround processing) and that was is. > > Use the Jarod's howto for all mythtv settings. > > Currently I use the composite output and two audio connectors to a > > scart connector box > > towards the scart input of my receiver. > > This all works: audio goes to the receiver speakers and composite > > goes via the receiver to > > the TV. > > i use the spdif sound out from the motherboard > > > > > Mythtv land is not without trouble and without energy costs. > > Sometimes my wife sounds strange to me in such a way > > that I would have loved to be equipped with no technical background at > > all... > > > > Some problems still to be done for me: > > - I want to have S-video output to my receiver via the scart cable set > > from the PVR350 > > Which pins from say a 2X female scart connector do I need to solder > > to the audio output > > from my computer audio card? Or maybe digital audio into my receiver? > > - The mythtv frontend GUI has a size which is beyond the PAL size of my TV. > > How to adjust this only via TV hardware? Is there a way via the > > xorg.conf? > > Via mythtv GUI setup? > > try cvs myth and there are options to set the gui size > > > - My grey Hauppauge IR remote control talks ok to lircd deamon but > > mythtv does not listens to lircd somehow. > > check if you have this configured in settings.pro > > > Via the keybord up/down keys it operates fine. > > Up/down for scrolling menus are OK for mythtv via the keyboard. > > It worked a month ago so what has been changed which caused this? > > - The Shuttle box is fine (low noise) but has only one PCI and one AGP > > slot. > > The PCI slot is used by the PVR350 > > Is there a (second) TV tuner card which can go in some way into the > > AGP slot? > > not that i am aware of - but there are USB tuners (analogue and DVB-{S,T}) > > > > > - and I'm sure when I start using more mythtv there will be more > > problems on the horizon. > > Nevertheless it has been worthwhile to get this mythtv box running for > > me so far. > > Someday I have to get the DVD writer also working .... > > Yesterday I received an offer from my TV cable provider for a digital tv > > setup box... > > i control my sky digibox using myth > > > > > Thanks > > teus > > regards > -- > simon > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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