[pvrusb2] pvrusb2 on Kubuntu 9.04

[Mike Isely]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Harley Pariseau wrote:

> Just installed Kubuntu 9.04, and I see the pvrusb2 drivers and firmware are
> already in place.
> 
> However when I attempt to start the driver, the following occurs:
> 
> sudo modprobe pvrusb2
> FATAL: Error inserting pvrusb2
> (/lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.ko):
> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
> I'm not really sure where to proceed from here
> 
> --
> Harley Pariseau
> harleyp at gmail.com

Harley:

So you just installed a "stock" Kubuntu and got this result?  Nothing 
else installed?

The reason I ask is because generally when you get an error like this it 
means that the module was compiled against the wrong kernel source tree 
(relative to the kernel you are running) - which would seem unlikely 
coming from your distro!  It's also possible that a bad option was 
passed to the module, and there was one option that changed in the 
driver about 6 months ago.

But before going any further, here's now to diagnose the error:  Trigger 
the problem again.  Then look at your kernel log.  The quickest way to 
do this is with dmesg, e.g. "dmesg >/tmp/foo.out" then examine 
/tmp/foo.out for lines with "pvrusb2" in them.  You'll likely find some 
error messages regarding an attempt to load the driver right at the very 
end of the output.  In there you will find more detail about the error, 
for example there might be a complaint about an unknown symbol that the 
module requires which isn't in the kernel.

Check that and tell me what you find...

  -Mike

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Mike Isely
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