[mythtv-users] Simple kernel upgrade question

[Michael Haan]

On 1/19/06, mrwester <mrwester at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 1/19/06, Michael Haan <michael.haan at gmail.com > wrote:
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> > I want to get the 2.6.15 kernel so I can try to use my DVICO Fusion 5
> > Lite with QAM.  I've done kernel upgrades before, but never using yum with
> > FC4.  I installed using Jarod's guide, so what's the best way to do this?
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> You don't need to install the whole kernel, you can just install modules
> into 2.6.14 as described by Michael Krufky.
> Works great for me.  His e-mail is quoted below:
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> The best route is to just install the new modules from cvs.
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> howto-wiki: http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/How_to_build_from_CVS
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> I usually just point people to the wiki, but because of the recent merge
> of the v4l + dvb cvs trees, I've included the detailed instructions
> above for your convenience.
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> Here are the instructions:
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> 1) Check-out the newly merged v4l-dvb cvs repository:
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>  cvs -d :pserver:anonymous at cvs.linuxtv .org:/cvs/video4linux login
>  cvs -d :pserver:anonymous at cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/video4linux co v4l-dvb
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> 2) Change into the v4l-dvb directory:
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>  cd v4l-dvb
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> 3) (optional) If you are recompiling the cvs modules against a different
> kernel, clean the tree and kernel version info:
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>  make distclean
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> 4) Compile the modules:
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>  make
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> 5) Install them: (as root)
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>  make install
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> 6) Remove the previous modules from memory:
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>   modprobe -r bt878 && modprobe -r bttv
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> (you might want to use "rmmod" instead of "modprobe -r" -- your choice)
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> 7) Load up the new modules:
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>   modprobe dvb-bt8xx
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Ok, that sounds good.  Which directory does this assume I begin in?
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