i stayed on 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 and ivtv 0.6.3 after reading of many torubles getting MythTV going on .17 and the newest ivtv<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/9/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Rosenfeld</b> <<a href="mailto:rob+mythtv-users@rosenfeld.to">rob+mythtv-users@rosenfeld.to</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Paul V. Gratz wrote:<br>> On Saturday 09 September 2006 11:46, Rob Rosenfeld wrote:<br>>> Matthew K. Lee wrote:
<br>>>> Hello all,<br>>>><br>>>> I'm not getting any video devices created in the /dev directory.<br>>>><br>>>> This is my first attemp at setting up MythTV on Gentoo. I've got the
<br>>>> 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 kernel, and I'm trying to figure out how to get my<br>>>> PVR-500 card up and running. I think that I've got the kernel<br>>>> configured correctly. I've chosen to go built-in vs. modules. I've
<br>>>> read through the various howto's && wiki articles. I'm certain that<br>>>> I've got the kernel configured properly. (But of course, I can provide<br>>>> more detail if needed.)
<br>>>><br>>>> So I thought it was a udev issue. I emerged hotplug... read the<br>>>> notice... and then emerged coldplug. Set it to start with rc-update.<br>>>> Still no video devices.
<br>>>><br>>>> Can anyone guide me in the right direction?<br>>>><br>>>> I'm also curious... Do I need to do something to install the firmware<br>>>> for the card? (i.e the HcwMakoA.ROM
files?) Or are these built-in<br>>>> somehow?<br>>> If you have emerged ivtv, like Chad asked, check dmesg. ivtv is pretty<br>>> verbose there.<br>><br>><br>> You may need to use a newer version of IVTV than the default in
<br>> portage for a kernel that new. IIRC the 2.6.17 require the non-stable<br>> IVTV.<br>><br><br>2.6.17 requires a new version if you upgraded your kernel from 2.6.16.<br>But ivtv 0.7.0 supports 2.6.17, which there is an ebuild for.
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