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

[John Harvey]

Assuming you will be using 0.8 of the x driver bundled
with current ivtv releases then "ivtvdev" has reverted
to "fbdev" again. To be safe duplicate the line one
with "ivtvdev" and the other with "fbdev".

John
 --- Hank VanZile <mythtv at hankvanzile.com> wrote: 
> 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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