Assuming you will be using 0.8 of the x driver bundled with current ivtv releases then "ivtvdev" has reverted to "fbdev" again. To be safe duplicate the line one with "ivtvdev" and the other with "fbdev".
John --- Hank VanZile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Mark. I'll give this a try. > > > Mark Matula wrote: > > >I don't know if this will help you , but for .17 to > work on my previously > >working system (Debian unstable), I needed to > upgrade ivtv. I went with the > >latest 0.2.x tarball (0.2.0 rc3g at the time) from > here: > >http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=DownloadIvyTv > >and followed these instructions: > >http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1#q11 > > > >Pay attention to this file: > ./ivtv-0.2.0-rc3g/utils/README.X11 'install' the > >x fb driver as instructed, and change the Driver > line in your X config if > >needed (was 'Driver "fbdev"' now 'Driver > "ivtvdev"'). > > > >On difference, though is that here > >(http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=FirmwareVersions > )ivtv folks say > >to use the firmware from pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe. > With that firmware, my > >recordings would occasionally stutter. I changed > to the suppoosedly buggy > >firmware from pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip, and all's > well. May it help you. > > > >On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Hank VanZile wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi everyone, > >> > >>First of all, thank you all for this wonderful > project and the support > >>network surrounding it. I've had my Myth box up > and mostly up and > >>running for about 6 months and it's been adopted > into our regular > >>routine by my wife. That is until yesterday. > >> > >>I initially built the system using Jarod's guide. > Until yesterday I was > >>running Myth 0.16 on Fedora Core 2 with kernel > 2.6.8-1.521 and a > >>PVR-350. Most things were working just fine (even > X out to the TV), > >>though I would have front-end crashes at leasts > once a week (caused, I > >>believe, by IVTV). Yesterday I upgraded my > dedicated recordings hard > >>drive and decided to do some tweaks (big mistake). > >> > >>First of all, I installed XFCE and made that my > default Window Manager. > >>Secondly, I used Synaptic to update MythTV to 0.17 > and decided, while I > >>was there, to upgrade IVTV as well, since I was > experiencing the > >>aforementioned crashes. Everything went alright, > but when I went back > >>into Myth and watched a recording, the video (not > audio) was stuttering > >>pretty badly. I noticed in Synaptic that there > was another update to > >>IVTV (as well as MythTV) and went for it. It > required a kernel update > >>to 2.6.10, to which I agreed. It got part way and > then Synaptic > >>crashed. At that point, things started acting a > little wonky - the > >>backend didn't start up on launch, etc., so I > decided to remove MythTV > >>and IVTV entirely (using Synaptic) and start from > scratch. > >> > >>I went back to Jarod's FC2 guide and installed > MythSuite using apt-get > >>with no problems whatsoever. Then I went to > follow the instructions for > >>IVTV and there were no packages found for my > kernel. I looked for > >>kernel upgrades on Axel's site, but couldn't find > any for FC2. > >> > >>Okay, then, on to manual IVTV installation. I > downloaded CK100ZZ, since > >>Jarod recommends it as the most stable version. I > did a "make install" > >>on the "driver" directory and now I am getting a > TON of ivtv-fb errors > >>when I try to load it. > >> > >>I am totally at a loss. I'm not very good with > manually building and > >>installing packages and I'm not sure I installed > IVTV correctly. I > >>don't want to wipe the drive and start from > scratch and I'm already > >>going to have to pay the piper for missing out on > recording "24" tonight. ;) > >> > >>Can anyone help guide me? Thanks in advance. > >> > >>-Hank > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
