[pvrusb2] Vedr. Re: Newbie questions

[Ivar Katmo]

Sorry...my mistake. Now I got the 2.18 kernel and at
least the driver is loaded and when running xawtv the
red light comes on! :) Haven't mangaged to tune any
channels yet, but hopefully tomorrow! Thanks!

Ivar


--- Mike Isely <isely at isely.net> skrev:

> On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Ivar Katmo wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > This is my first post here, so hello from Norway
> :)
> > 
> > First of all; Even thou I've installed Linux
> several
> > times I'm still pretty new to it (I have given up
> many
> > times and returned to Windows). The computer I
> have
> > installed Linux on is a EIPA MII 1.2 ghz. (too
> slow
> > for windows) I'm using the latest Ubuntu release.
> > 
> > I'have extracted the drivers and placed them in
> > '/lib/firmware/2.6.15-26-386' where several other
> .fw
> > and .bin files are located. Using the in-kernel
> driver
> > sounds easiest so I'm going for that one...
> 
> So you're running the 2.6.15 kernel?  If so, then
> the in-kernel driver 
> didn't actually get "in-kernel" until 2.6.18.  That
> could be your problem 
> here...
> 
> 
> > 
> > But what now? Are the driver supposed to load
> > automatically? Or...? '/var/log/dmesg' says
> nothing
> > about PVRUSB2.
> 
> Yes, hotplug (or more recently udev) will load the
> pvrusb2.ko module into 
> the kernel when the device is inserted.  That
> clearly isn't happening 
> here.  Look and see if you even have a pvrusb2.ko
> file in your 
> /lib/modules area.  I suspect that it isn't there
> for you.
> 
> For 2.6.18 or later you can use the in-kernel
> driver.  For earlier kernels 
> you have to use the standalone driver or you have to
> install a v4l-dvb 
> snapshot.  The web site goes over all this.  See:
> 
>  
>
http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/setup.html#Prerequisites
> 
> Though I can see from reading this how one might get
> misled about which 
> kernels have the driver "in-kernel".  The second
> paragraph there isn't 
> being very helpful.  I'll correct that.
> 
>   -Mike
> 
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