[mythtv-users] Gentoo and ivtv - HELP!!!

[bdillahu at peachbush.com]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:46:08AM -0600, Curtis Wood wrote:
>    Its not really that hard to set up - follow the instsructions in the
> documentation for MythTV, under the FAQS on ivtv.sf.net there is a spot
> for configuring the modules and which ones you need and in which
> order... As a note though - there is a configuration to add to your
> /etc/modules.conf in the faq that is very usefull - the bad part is that
> GenToo rewrites that file from scratch on everyboot. You will need to
> edit /sbin/modules-update and add the following lines to it; instead....
> 
> echo >> $CFGFILE
> echo "alias char-major-81 videodev" >> $CFGFILE
> echo "alias char-major-81-0 ivtv" >> $CFGFILE
> echo "options ivtv ivtv_debug=1" >> $CFGFILE
> echo "options tuner type=2" >> $CFGFILE
> echo "options msp3400 once=1 simple=1" >> $CFGFILE
> echo "add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner" >> $CFGFILE
> 



Not an expert, but I think the more "Gentoo" way would be to create a file
in /etc/modules.d named ivtv and include those lines... the files in
/etc/modules.d get read in as the source for /etc/modules.conf, as I understand
it, so the lines would show up "in the right place".

Just a thought.

Bruce