[mythtv-users] Problem with "apt-get" of ivtv drivers (using Jarod's Guide)

[Rick T. Su]

I am just starting to build my MythTV Box.  Have 
been following Jarod's new guide using the Fedora 
Core release without much problem.  However, 
reaching the section on Ivtv, I can't seem to get 
it to work.  This is what I get
after typing in " apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-`uname 
-r` "

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Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may 
mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are 
using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not 
yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is 
extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug 
report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the 
situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   ivtv-kmdl-2.4.22-1.2135.nptl_27.rhfc1.at: 
Depends: ivtv-firmware (>= 17_21288) but it is not 
installable
E: Broken packages

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I realize from reading the forums that there is a 
firmware issue.  I have tried moving on with the 
guided and getting the firmware in place with 
"wget" and a downloaded version of 
ivtvfwextract.pl (since I'm assuming this is 
suppose to come after the ivtv-kmdl and ivtv are 
installed).  Nevertheless, none of those methods 
work either.  Trying to install ivtv using the 
instructions from the ivtv site only added to the 
confusion with little noticeable results.

If anyone has any ideas or encountered this 
before, I would appreciate any advise.  I'm 
learning as I go, but this has so far held me up.

Thanks in advance,

Rick