[mythtv-users] Gentoo and ivtv - HELP!!!

[David Latka]

It worked :-) YEA!!...but doesn't work :-( .

I followed the http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=71263&highlight=ivtv post and got ivtv to work.  But it stops working after I reboot.  I followed some other posts and have everything autoloading.  But, mythbackend fails with the error "/dev/video0: Is a directory".  I checked the permission flags 'ls -l /dev' and sure enough the permissions are [drw-r--r--].  If I 'rmdir /dev/video0' then 'mknod /dev/video0  c  81  0', the permissions change to [crw-r--r--] and mythbackend runs fine.  However a re-boot turns /dev/video0 back into a directory.

Does anyone have any hints?

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Gregg Casillo
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:54 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Gentoo and ivtv - HELP!!!


David,

Check out this thread on the Gentoo forums and follow klimoskb's post to the letter:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=71263&highlight=ivtv

As you have already found out, ivtv is not in the portage tree (i.e. there is no automated install or ebuild for it).

There is some confusion about what kernel sources have the needed patch (kraxel patch). I am using gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r8, and these sources have the patch. I can virtually promise that the latest gentoo-sources will have the patch, so you won't have to fuss with applying that manually.

I was going to cobble together an ebuild and installation guide for ivtv, but work has dominated me this week. I'll try and take that up tonight and pass along what I have by night's end (EST).

If you can't wait that long, download the ivtv sources from CVS:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ivtv login
(hit <enter> when prompted for a password) 
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ivtv checkout ivtv
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ivtv checkout video-ivtv
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ivtv checkout video-frequencies
cvs -d -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ivtv logout

That'll give you the sources for the ivtv driver, the Video::ivtv Perl module, the Video::Frequencies Perl module, and some utility scripts that use those Perl modules (for changing channels, etc). Be sure to follow the steps before installing the ivtv driver.

Gregg Casillo
Kentucky Educational Television
gcasillo at ket.org

On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 14:23, David Latka wrote: 
Hi, 
As a complete Linux newbie, I was feeling ALL super
proud of myself that I was able to get Gentoo setup. 
I started from stage 2 about a week ago and have
accomplished much (dual boot, kde, mysql, etc, ...). 
Unfortunately my progress has come to a screeching
halt when it comes to getting Mythtv working.

My current problem rests with installing ivtv in
Gentoo.  emerge is great when the package is
supported, but Im completely lost on where to even
begin installing ivtv.  I found a few threads about
this topic but I just dont get it.  Please help (or
perhaps send something soft to put between my head and
this wall)

Thanks,
uvajeD

My Hardware
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe, 2800+ Athlon XP, 512MB Ram, Nvidia
Geforce FX 5600 graphics card, Hauppauge PVR-250,
[pcHDTV on order :-) YEA!], and a partridge in a pear
tree (yet to be installed if I can find the drivers)


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