[mythtv-users] Highly confused - tuner type=39 ??

[John Andersen]

On Saturday 06 November 2004 18:22, Mark wrote:

> I didn't do make cloneconfig.  Not familiar with that one.  It was a
> stock Slack 10.0
> install, I hadn't even recompiled yet.  I tend to recompile only if
> absolutely necessary.
>
> If you try it, let me know how it goes.

Make cloneconfig just extracts the configuration of the running kernel
so that you are sure you will generate modules that are exactly compatible.

I did recompile, and it did not go well the first time, most modules 
would not load after the re-boot and I as at the command prompt.

Digging thru the README my distro (SuSE 9.1) placed in the 
Kernel directory it appears I missed a step.

First I did a make cloneconfig  which essentially generated 
a config file for he running kernel so you don't have to hand
build one with make menu_config.

Then (the missing step) i did a make modules_prepare
Then make modules
then make modules_install
It compiled all modules (which is what I wanted to avoid) . . . sigh

Anyway that worked and its all good, but I had to remember
to back and get rid of any conflicting modules (msp3400 and saa7115
as I recall) for which tvtv provides replacements.

My distro suggests that I can compile just a portion of the modules
with these two steps:
  (4)  Compile the module(s) by changing into the module source directory
        containing the modules of interest
       and typing ``make -C /usr/src/linux M=$(pwd)''.

  (5)  Install the module(s) by typing
       ``make -C /usr/src/linux M=$(pwd) modules_install''.

However, I did not test this - as I said, make modules did all of them.
Its useful to break out the make modules_install from the make modules
step so you can pay attention to the installation process.  Failure to
see a long list of modules being installed is the Symptom of the problem
I had the first time around, due to the lack of doing a make modules_prepare.

It was also stated that if you build all modules once and then change
just a few, it will recompile only those that you changed, as long as your
don't do a make clean or a make distclean.

Now I have to find the it about fine tuning some of the higher channels as the
picture quality is not the best above 62.
-- 
______Jsa_________