[mythtv-users] Success - KnoppMyth + 2.6.4

Len Reed lreed at linuxcare.com
Tue Mar 30 12:56:25 EST 2004


Thanks, David,

I'm on the road this week, so I'll try your suggestions when I get home.

Would you mind giving me your 2.6.4 .config file?  There might be a clue 
there as to what I'm missing.

Thanks again,
Len


David wrote:
> Hmm - well, the good news is it works fine for me so it should be 
> fixable ;)
> 
> Have you done a
>   modprobe -v ivtv
> Which should tell you the insmod command and path that it's using.
> I get:
>  insmod /lib/modules/2.6.4/extra/ivtv.ko tuner=1 ivtv_debug=1 ivtv_pal=1
> 
> Also what does:
>  modinfo ivtv
> say?
> 
> What modules do you install? (shouldn't matter since the symbols are
> only used in ivtv.ko)
> 
> My (PAL oriented) mantra (in modprobe.conf - via
> /etc/modprobe.d/KnoppMyth for my distro) is:
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv tuner=1 ivtv_pal=1
> options tuner type=1
> options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=2 pal=1
> install mythtv \
>               /sbin/modprobe i2c-core &&\
>               /sbin/modprobe i2c-algo-bit &&\
>               /sbin/modprobe tuner &&\
>               /sbin/modprobe msp3400 &&\
>               /sbin/modprobe ivtv &&\
>               /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb &&\
>               /sbin/modprobe saa7115 &&\
>               /sbin/modprobe saa7127 &&\
>               /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0xff
> 
> remove mythtv \
>               /sbin/rmmod ivtv-fb &&\
>               /sbin/rmmod ivtv &&\
>               /sbin/rmmod saa7127 &&\
>               /sbin/rmmod msp3400 &&\
>               /sbin/rmmod saa7115 &&\
>               /sbin/rmmod tuner &&\
>               /sbin/rmmod i2c-algo-bit &&\
>               /sbin/rmmod i2c-core
> 
> This order works for me and allows me to do:
> modprobe mythtv
> and
> modprobe -r mythtv
> 
> I haven't trimmed this down yet.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> Len Reed wrote:
> 
>> Hi David (and anyone else dealing with 2.6.4 and ivtv),
>>
>>
>> I can't get the ivtv.ko to load.  dmesg shows resolved issues with 
>> buffers:
>>
>> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
>> tuner: type set to 21 (Temic NTSC (4039 FR5)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
>> tuner: type already set to 21, ignoring request for 29
>> ivtv: Unknown symbol yuv_buffers
>> ivtv: Unknown symbol mpg_buffers
>> ivtv: Unknown symbol vbi_buffers
>> ivtv: Unknown symbol dec_yuv_buffers
>> ivtv: Unknown symbol dec_mpg_buffers
>>
>> I figure I'm omitting something simple here, since the patched drivers 
>> compiled fine.  Perhaps there's a conflict with the other capture 
>> card, but I doubt that's the problem since it doesn't even have 
>> mpg_buffers.
>>
>> Details on setup:
>> PVR250 (that's why I need ivtv)
>>
>> Stock 2.6.4 kernel on top of Fedora core 1 (various changes to init 
>> scripts).
>>
>> LVM2 and xfs for the video filesytem (shouldn't be relevant to this)
>>
>> Also have a frame grabber card (Hauppauge WINTV bt878); uses bttv; 
>> capturing audio from that card (not using jumper to sound board).
>>
>> System works great on the frame grabber card, even with the PVR250 
>> also present.
>>
>> PVR250 worked fined in another computer running myth and 2.4.24 (or 
>> 25, I forget) kernel.  It was the sole card.
>>
>> Thanks for any light you can shed on this,
>> Len
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Just as an FYI really - there doesn't seem to be much about 2.6 in 
>>> the archives and this is for those who may want it...
>>>
>>> I started with Knoppyth and now have it working with a stock 2.6.4 
>>> kernel with the ivtv 0.1.9 (with 
>>> https://www.lison.com/ivtv.patches/ivtv-0.1.9-2.6-1-20040127.diff patch)
>>>
>>> Hardware is PVR350 + Radeon 9600XT
>>>
>>> I needed SATA and it was either patch 2.4.21 for SATA or try and see 
>>> if ivtv worked on 2.6.4 :)
>>>
>>> I think all I apt-get'ed was module-init-tools.
>>> I haven't (yet) rebuilt MythTV itself - nor do I have X on the TV
>>>
>>> More details if anyone asks...
>>>
>>> David
>>> PS - I had loads of probs with 2.6.3 and earlier - and with unpatched 
>>> ivtv
>>>
>>>
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