[mythtv-users] PVR-250 With Myth-TV WITHOUT IVTV?

[herminio]

It hangs when I reboot after a make make install.  Whenver I did a 
modprobe, the ivtv driver didn't load.  I would have to load each module 
with "insmod".

I'm going to try a different distro right now.


Mario L wrote:

>When you say refuses to boot, how much have you diagnosed this?  Does
>the same thing happen when you modprobe ivtv before rebooting?  Does
>the computer just freeze at that point?
>
>
>On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:26:43 -0500, herminio <herminio at comcast.net> wrote:
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>
>>I've tried "make" "make install" several times.  Usually, my PC refuses
>>to boot up after that.  Maybe it is a problem with the Suse distro, or
>>the ivtv driver, or me.  I've been using linux since the 0.9 kernel.
>>Sometimes, I just want things to work on my computer, and not have to
>>"hack" and "chop" at every piece of new hardware I throw in my Pc.
>>
>>I'll try the ivtv list, again.
>>
>>Mario L wrote:
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>>>What is difficult about going to chris kennedy's site and downloading
>>>the source code.
>>>Make sure you have kernel sources installed in /usr/src/linux
>>>
>>>make, make install ?
>>>
>>>
>>>On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:28:32 -0600, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net > wrote:
>>>
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>>>>herminio wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>>Is there anyway of using Myth-TV WITHOUT the IVTV drivers?  I have a
>>>>>PVR-250 with the Conexant CX23416-12 chip.  I'm about to get another
>>>>>PVR-Card just so I can use Myth-TV.
>>>>>
>>>>>Unfortunately, IVTV on SUSE 9.1 Pro has been a living nightmare to get
>>>>>working.  When I have to record a program, I just boot into W2K and
>>>>>use SageTV, which works flawlessly.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>What you're asking is like asking if you can use SageTV without the
>>>>Windows 2000 drivers for your card.  Your problem lies with Suse and
>>>>IVTV, not MythTV.   I don't know if you've tried, but working with the
>>>>IVTV mailing list to resolve your problems with the distribution you
>>>>chose would be the route pursue.
>>>>
>>>>Kevin
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