Hi,
- DO NOT use the instructions in QuickSetup for modprobe.conf
modification. It may causes hard lockup of the OS when you run
"modprobe ivtv" later on. Instead enter this into your modprobe.conf:
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
I've never had any of this in my modprobe.conf - and never had any
problems firing up the ivtv driver.
- curiously, /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdkcustom/extra is created and new
modules are installed in this directory
To get around this, do:
perl -i.bak -p -e 's/(UTS_RELEASE "[^"]*)custom"/\1"/g'
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h
perl -i.bak -p -e 's/(EXTRAVERSION.*mdk)custom/\1/g' /usr/src/linux/Makefile
This will save you the hassle of later having to copy the final driver
when upgrading :-)
- Mandrake ships with ivtv 0.1.x in
/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdk/kernel/3rdparty/ivtv. I removed the
contents of this directory, because modprobe was using it. And I
copied the new ivtv 0.3.3k modules from
/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdkcustom/extra to
/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdk/kernel/3rdparty/ivtv
Also, get these files out of the way - they MIGHT give you trouble
further up the road:
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/msp3400.ko.gz
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tuner.ko
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tveeprom.ko
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tda9887.ko.gz
Step 3) ivtv activation
You could just run "modprobe ivtv" but sometimes the /dev/video* files
are not created.
I've never seen that on my 10.1 box - running for almost 5 months
(sempron 1500 MHz).
All I need to do to get it going is "modprobe ivtv" (with a couple of
extra params :-)).
Cheers,
-Morten
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