[mythtv-users] IVTV 0.8 on debian driving me insane

[Stephen Sassman]

 On 10/15/06, Stephen Sassman <sassman1[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a hauppauge pvr-150. ivtv compiles OK, no errors on make
> install. Kernel was built as suggested here:
> http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto#Basic_requirements
> <http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto#Basic_requirements>. Here's
> what I get when loading the module:
>
> # modprobe ivtv
> FATAL: Error inserting ivtv
> (/lib/modules/2.6.18/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv.ko): Unknown
> symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>
> Do I need to enable "Conexant CX2341x
> MPEG encoders" also? Should I be using "Video For Linux API 1
(DEPRECATED)"
> or "Video For Linux API 1 compatible Layer"? Please help, this is probably

> the most frustrating thing to get working in my short two years linux
> experience.

Woops, I meant to post to ivtv-users. Thanks for the suggestion
stephen.dolan. I finally got it to work, and have posted my kernel config
that did it below. I recompiled the kernel probably 20 times before I got
it!!! Partly my fault for not reading the howto carefully enough, but even
so the howto was still incomplete and didn't work on my system. The ivtv
developers really need to work on the documentation. A wiki would help too,
so we don't have to go digging through a million mailing list posts to find
out what has worked for others.

CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2=y

CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_MSP3400=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_WM8775=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_CX2341X=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_CX25840=m

All other multimedia video stuff not set. The confusion was that most of
these were not needed or not present with the 2.6.16 kernel. I almost
couldn't believe my eyes when it finally started working.
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