[mythtv-users] saa7127 insmod issue pvr350 FC2

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/17/2004 12:34 AM, Michael Stahnke wrote:

>I am following Jarod's guide and everything has been
>smooth so far, (I had much to learn about apt, and
>then latest update helped that too.)
>  
>
I don't know apt, so I can't be of help there, but here are some 
comments that may help you once you get the modules installed (or might 
actually get your modules installed correctly if it's not a problem with 
apt)...

>My issue is that when I run and insmod for the saa7127
>driver, I get a "device not found" problem.  Here is
>my modprobe.conf.  (2.6.8-1.152)
>  
>
If you're running Linux 2.6.8, you really need to be running a version 
of ivtv > ~ ck100.  You could try ck100z (pretty stable, but might need 
patching for 2.6.8) or 108m (pretty stable, and fully 2.6.8-ready).

>alias eth0 via-rhine
>alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
>install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
>snd-via82xx && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null
>2>&1 || :
>remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store
>  
>
>>/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r
>>    
>>
>--ignore-remove snd-via82xx
>alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
># nvidia kernel module
>alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6111
># ivtv modules setup
>alias char-major-81 videodev
>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
>options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=2
>options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0
>install ivtv /sbin/modprobe msp3400 saa7115 tuner
>v4l1-compat; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv;
>/sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb
>options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0
>  
>
ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck80ish and above have autodetection support for the 
PVR-x50's.  Therefore, your modprobe.conf should be:

alias eth0 via-rhine
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
snd-via82xx && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store > /dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
# nvidia kernel module
alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6111
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv

And nothing more.  (IOW, remove options ivtv, options saa7127, options 
msp3400, and install ivtv and ensure you use modprobe ivtv--*not* insmod 
commands--to load the modules.)

Also, if you can include the contents of your dmesg output or 
/var/log/messages between the lines

ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
and
ivtv: ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

It may give an indication why saa7127 is not loading.  Then again, when 
using autodetection, it might load correctly.

Mike