[mythtv-users] Unable to view recordings or live TV

[Kenneth Aafløy]

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> On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 20:16, Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > I'm unable to view pre-recorded or live TV. Here's the error 
> > > that I get displayed to the console.
> > > 
> > > ivtv framebuffer open: No such device
> > > Unable to open the ivtv framebuffer device '/dev/fb0'
> > > OSD will be unavailable 2
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Read the error message, it tells that there is no such device,
> > which implies that you have not installed the drivers correctly.
> > 
> > http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/
> > 
> Not necessarily.
> 
> Everything I can see tells me that my device drivers are all 
> completely
> and properly installed.  
> 
> Yet I still get:
> 
> "/lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o:
> init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>       You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o:
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o
> failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv.o:
> insmod ivtv failed

See, you'r starting to get the drift now.

Kenneth