[mythtv-users] HELP! ivtv error after kernel/ivtv upgrade.

[William Munson]

Joel Anderson wrote:
>> As part of chasing down an audio glitch problem I upgraded my kernel,
>> ivtv and alsa modules. Now I get an error trying to load ivtv. The error
>> messages are not real helpful to me so I am hoping someone on the list
>> knows what to do (other than go back to the old kernel/kmdl pairs. Here
>> are the particulars.
>>
>> kernel: 2.6.22.1-32.fc6
>> ivtv: 1:1.0.2-134.fc6
>> the correct kmdl is loaded.
>>
>> Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, no help.
>>
>> [root at mythtv ~]# modprobe ivtv
>> FATAL: Error inserting ivtv
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.22.1-32.fc6/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv.ko):
>> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>>
>>     
>
> Sounds like your issues are probably due to the ivtv driver being
> included in the kernel as of 2.6.22, so you don't need a separate
> module package installed any more.  Actually I don't think you need to
> install the alsa module package any more either, someone correct me if
> that's wrong.
>
> HTH,
> JA
>
>   

You are correct on both items. Thats what it turned out to be. And as a 
bonus I now have about 15% more spare cpu than when I was running 2.6.20.X