On Sunday 20 November 2005 07:09, Johan Kihlström wrote: > On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 12:01 +0000, Toby Weston wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > Sorry to ask the obvious but I was hoping someone could point me in > > the direction of a very basic overview of DVB-T card setup (UK > > Nova-T), I'm running Fedora 4 and will be using the latest Myth TV > > from atrpms. > > > > I've been following the excellent Wilsonet guide and following the > > links on DVB but I can't seem to put the pieces together :\ for > > example, does the latest 2.6 kernels have DVB support? Am I likely > > going to need to do that black magic kernel patching? The other guide > > I've been looking at is > > http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb.html (as mentioned on the > > offical docs) but I'm confused about older 2.4(?) kernels. > > > > I must sound very confused! > > > > Anyway, any concise starting points for me would be really useful. > > Thanks :) > > > > -- > > Toby > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > Yes they do have DVB support but AFAIK not many have it enabled by > default. So you'll have to cook your own kernel to get DVB support. > I'm running DVB-C with 2.6.12 on Debian and it works. > > If you're not running wicked hardware with special requirements just > enabling the necessary modules in the kernel would suffice. So no > patching(unless you enjoy life at the bleeding edge), just > reconfiguring/building a new kernel. > > Good luck! > > Johan
The Kanotix Debian kernels have it enabled by default, I'm running 2.6.13-kanotix64-14 with my HD3000 card. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
