[mythtv-users] /sbin/modprobe ivtv -- not working

Myth Man mythtv at pln.cc
Sat Dec 20 18:23:58 EST 2003


 I have gotten to this place 4 times after complete re-installs.  :^(

 I have a WINTV PVR 350 card on a P4PE ASUS MB w/ a 2.4ghz and 1 GIG
 of RAM.

 I followed Jarod's Guide..
 
When I do a /sbin/modprobe ivtv, I get this:

[root at myth root]# /sbin/modprobe ivtv
Warning: ignoring debug=1, no such parameter in this module
/lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o: insmod ivtv failed


The relevant output of /var/log/messages is:

Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.8.0 (20030714)
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: ivtv: SGarray_size = 340, DSGarray_size = 16
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 7 for device 02:0c.0
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 02:05.0
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: tuner: probing ivtv i2c driver #0 i2c adapter [id=0x10005]
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) [insmod]
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: saa7114.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: saa7114.c: detecting saa7114 client on address 0x42
Dec 20 18:11:52 myth kernel: saa7115.c: writing init values
Dec 20 18:11:54 myth kernel: status: (1E) 0x48, (1F) 0xc0
Dec 20 18:11:54 myth kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3448W-A2, has NICAM support
Dec 20 18:11:54 myth kernel: msp3410: daemon started
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Device or minor 0 not accepted
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Device or minor 1 not accepted
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 2
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Device or minor 32 not accepted
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Couldn't register v4l2 device!
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Problem starting v4l2
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Error -19 on init
Dec 20 18:11:56 myth kernel: ivtv: Error detecting PCI card


It's almost as if the WinTV PVR 350 is not recognized on the system at
all.  This is borne out by the output of /proc/interrupts:

[root at myth root]# cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0       
  0:     239439          XT-PIC  timer
  1:       1783          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  5:     198505          XT-PIC  nvidia
  7:      73873          XT-PIC  eth0
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
  9:          0          XT-PIC  Intel ICH4
 12:     137372          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
 14:      13783          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:       7442          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0 
ERR:          0


I have swapped the PVR card to different PCI slots with no change.

The only thing I can think of that is different from Jarod's Guide is
the kernel.

"Install his latest kernel and kernel-source packages (as of this writing), like so:

# apt-get install kernel#2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at kernel-source#2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at"

The latest kernel according to the link provided was ...20-24_31,
which is what I installed.

And the .exe on the Hauptpauge web site is now pvr250_17_21288.exe
instead of pvr250_17_21226.exe, so I installed the 88.exe one.

I have tried to find the older kernel version mentioned in the Guide,
but it is obsolete and UTL.

I have read up on the GOSSAMER forums as well, but didn't find any
help there.  Some clues that did not pan out.

Any assistance would be most appreciated.



-- 
Best regards,
 Myth                            mailto:mythtv at pln.cc



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