[mythtv-users] IVTV-FB error - should have left good enough alone

[Hank VanZile]

Thanks, Mark.  I'll give this a try.


Mark Matula wrote:

>I don't know if this will help you , but for .17 to work on my previously
>working system (Debian unstable), I needed to upgrade ivtv.  I went with the
>latest 0.2.x tarball (0.2.0 rc3g at the time) from here:
>http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=DownloadIvyTv
>and followed these instructions:
>http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1#q11
>
>Pay attention to this file: ./ivtv-0.2.0-rc3g/utils/README.X11 'install' the
>x fb driver as instructed, and change the Driver line in your X config if
>needed (was 'Driver "fbdev"' now 'Driver "ivtvdev"').
>
>On difference, though is that here
>(http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=FirmwareVersions )ivtv folks say
>to use the firmware from pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe.  With that firmware, my
>recordings would occasionally stutter.  I changed to the suppoosedly buggy
>firmware from pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip, and all's well.  May it help you.
>
>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Hank VanZile wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>First of all, thank you all for this wonderful project and the support
>>network surrounding it.  I've had my Myth box up and mostly up and
>>running for about 6 months and it's been adopted into our regular
>>routine by my wife.  That is until yesterday.
>>
>>I initially built the system using Jarod's guide.  Until yesterday I was
>>running Myth 0.16 on Fedora Core 2 with kernel 2.6.8-1.521 and a
>>PVR-350.  Most things were working just fine (even X out to the TV),
>>though I would have front-end crashes at leasts once a week (caused, I
>>believe, by IVTV).   Yesterday I upgraded my dedicated recordings hard
>>drive and decided to do some tweaks (big mistake).
>>
>>First of all, I installed XFCE and made that my default Window Manager.
>>Secondly, I used Synaptic to update MythTV to 0.17 and decided, while I
>>was there, to upgrade IVTV as well, since I was experiencing the
>>aforementioned crashes.  Everything went alright, but when I went back
>>into Myth and watched a recording, the video (not audio) was stuttering
>>pretty badly.  I noticed in Synaptic that there was another update to
>>IVTV (as well as MythTV) and went for it.  It required a kernel update
>>to 2.6.10, to which I agreed.  It got part way and then Synaptic
>>crashed.  At that point, things started acting a little wonky - the
>>backend didn't start up on launch, etc., so I decided to remove MythTV
>>and IVTV entirely (using Synaptic) and start from scratch.
>>
>>I went back to Jarod's FC2 guide and installed MythSuite using apt-get
>>with no problems whatsoever.  Then I went to follow the instructions for
>>IVTV and there were no packages found for my kernel.  I looked for
>>kernel upgrades on Axel's site, but couldn't find any for FC2.
>>
>>Okay, then, on to manual IVTV installation.  I downloaded CK100ZZ, since
>>Jarod recommends it as the most stable version.  I did a "make install"
>>on the "driver" directory and now I am getting a TON of ivtv-fb errors
>>when I try to load it.
>>
>>I am totally at a loss.  I'm not very good with manually building and
>>installing packages and I'm not sure I installed IVTV correctly.  I
>>don't want to wipe the drive and start from scratch and I'm already
>>going to have to pay the piper for missing out on recording "24" tonight. ;)
>>
>>Can anyone help guide me?  Thanks in advance.
>>
>>-Hank
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