[mythtv-users] RE: Pixelview BT878P+

[Tony Harmelink]

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On Thursday 08 July 2004 19:54, you wrote:
> Tony Harmelink wrote:
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> > On Thursday 08 July 2004 16:17, David Wadler wrote:
> >>>I have been trying to get my Pixelview BT878P+ working with Mythtv.  i
> >>>have the bttv drivers in the kernel autoloading at boot, the card set-up
> >>>as a V4L card in MythTv setup.  But i still don't get any video.  Any
> >>>help appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Specs:
> >>>Athlon 2700+
> >>>ECS KT600-A
> >>>512 MB Kingston
> >>>200GB Hitachi
> >>>Pixelview BT878P+
> >>>Riva TNT2
> >>
> >>I am using a BT878 videocard.  Not identical, but close enough to help
> >> you troubleshoot, I hope.  What kernel are you running?  What version of
> >> Linux? Do you have a /dev/video0?  Can you post the results of lsmod?
> >>
> >>-David
> >
> > I am running on Gentoo with a 2.6.7-gentoo-r8 kernel
> > i can see a /dev/video0
> > lsmod
> >
> > nvidia               4818484  0
> > via82cxxx_audio        27208  0
> > ac97_codec             17100  1 via82cxxx_audio
> > snd_bt87x              12040  1
> > snd_via82xx            25508  3
> > snd_ac97_codec         66884  1 snd_via82xx
> > snd_mpu401_uart         6912  1 snd_via82xx
> > snd_rawmidi            21668  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> > snd_seq_oss            33472  0
> > snd_seq_midi_event      6848  1 snd_seq_oss
> > snd_seq                53776  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> > snd_seq_device          7240  3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> > snd_pcm_oss            50472  0
> > snd_pcm                89732  4 snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss
> > snd_page_alloc          9480  3 snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> > snd_timer              23172  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> > snd_mixer_oss          18240  1 snd_pcm_oss
> > snd                    50852  20
> > snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_
> >oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_time
> >r,snd_mixer_oss bttv                  144332  0
> > soundcore               8224  3 via82cxxx_audio,snd,bttv
> > msp3400                22036  0
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> what is bttv being detected as????
> use
> dmesg | grep bttv
> to find out.
>
> Also, what version of the bt878P+ card are you using?  It is printed on
> the pcb.
>
> I would recommend these module options for bttv (from my rev 9d (or
> something like that card)
>
> card=72 tuner=2
Excuse the noob question, but how do i edit the module options for bttv?

The card is a revision 9D

The results of dmesg | grep bttv

bttv: driver version 0.9.14 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0a.0, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio: 0xdc000000
bttv0: using:  *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC ***  [card=0,autodetected]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffc0ff [init]
bttv: readee error
bttv0: using tuner=-1
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0

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It's not my fault the earth is flying around a giant nuclear explosion in the 
sky!
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