[mythtv-users] pvr250 firmware issue?

Francesco Peeters Francesco at FamPeeters.com
Tue Apr 4 22:58:26 UTC 2006


On Tue, April 4, 2006 8:13, Francesco Peeters said:
> Michael T. Dean schreef:
>> On 04/03/2006 04:50 PM, Francesco Peeters wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have installed Myth (KnoppMyth) on a Via Epia, with a PVR250 board.
>>>
>>>When it boots, the log complains that it cannot open the firmware:
>>>ivtv0: ivtv cannot open the firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.gw
>>>
>>>The firmware *is* present at /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware *and*
>>>/lib/modules (soft link), but the error remains...
>>>
>>>I used the latest KnoppMyth (with 0.19) and did an auto install.
>>>
>>>I have found this error on the web several times, but was unable to find
>>>a defined solution.
>>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Did you follow instructions at
>> http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware#Location ?
>>
>
> I had read them, but did not have to do anything follow them, as
> everything was already in place... I'll retry again tonight, but I doubt
> that'll make much difference, as - like I said - the firmware file is
> already in the hotplug firmware director(y)(ies)...
>
> I guess I should try with the KnoppMyth people first though...   ;-)
>

Still no go... I even did a complete KnoppMyth reinstall...

Just a bit of extra info:
ll `locate v4l-cx`
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 262144 Feb  1 03:25
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
-r--r--r--  1 root root 376836 Feb  1 03:24
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 155648 Feb  1 03:27
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
-r--r--r--  1 root root  14264 Feb  1 03:24
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw



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