[mythtv-users] Re: Has anyone setup v4l2 succesfully?

[Colin Armstrong]

No, I did not reboot into the ATrpms kernel after I booted into the
2.4.21 kernel. Also, not that it really matters, but apt-get was not
completly dead it was still there, but it was just not willing to
download :(  Also, I did not check yet for the configs, but I will and I
will check and I will let you know.
Colin
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 15:11, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday, Colin Armstrong wrote:
> 
> > The reason I thought--no, still think--that the ATrpms kernel did not
> > work well on my machine is bcause of the exact flaw that you pointed
> > out. Apt-get. I did try booting into another kernel and voila it worked
> > like a charm. I knew then that it was the ATrpms kernels fault.
> 
> Did you try rebooting w/the ATrpms kernel after that? I've seen 
> occasions where something with apt and/or the rpm database gets a bit 
> screwed up, and the easy fix is to restart. It is possible rebooting 
> w/the ATrpms kernel might have also cleared the problem. Did you try 
> that also? It just doesn't make sense that the kernel would cause apt 
> to cease functioning. (Or am I missing something, Axel?).
> 
> > Also, I
> > checked for the .config file--but no--for me they were not there.
> 
> If you installed the ATrpms kernel package, then your .config file was 
> in /boot/. If you installed the kernel source package also, you had a 
> .config file in /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/. Note that the files are 
> not named '.config', they are named more intuitively for their 
> respective kernels, and you have to copy them into /usr/src/linux-2.4/ 
> and rename them .config. Trust me, they were there, unless you had a 
> corrupted download of the kernel that somehow still installed. (Not 
> likely).
> 
> > Listen, I do not think people using the Red Hat kernels or the ATrpms
> > kernel is bad, it just so happenend that the ATrpms kernel did not work
> > on my machine and for my purpose as well as a stock kernel did.
> 
> Just trying to figure out why, because none of the changes to the 
> ATrpms kernel versus the Red Hat stock kernels should have any impact 
> here.
> 
> > Also, I
> > like the stuff that you can get using apt-get and Axel's website. 
> > That's
> > how I installed mythtv. It was nice and easy and it worked.
> 
> Yes, it is. :)
> 
> > No big deal
> > (at least to me) that the ATrpms one didn't work.
> 
> It is a big deal if it is going to affect others. Getting to the bottom 
> of the problem is helpful for the entire community. Repay Axel for the 
> work he's done putting ATrpms together by helping figure out if there 
> really is a problem with his kernels.
> 
> --Jarod