[mythtv-users] Problem with "apt-get" of ivtv drivers (using Jarod's Guide)

Jarod C. Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Tue Dec 30 17:31:01 EST 2003


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On Tuesday 30 December 2003 12:57, Rick T. Su wrote:
> This is what I get
> after typing in " apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-`uname
> -r` "
>
> -----------------
>
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may
> mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are
> using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not
> yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
[snip]
> I realize from reading the forums that there is a
> firmware issue.  I have tried moving on with the
> guided and getting the firmware in place with
> "wget" and a downloaded version of
> ivtvfwextract.pl (since I'm assuming this is
> suppose to come after the ivtv-kmdl and ivtv are
> installed).  Nevertheless, none of those methods
> work either.  Trying to install ivtv using the
> instructions from the ivtv site only added to the
> confusion with little noticeable results.
>
> If anyone has any ideas or encountered this
> before, I would appreciate any advise.  I'm
> learning as I go, but this has so far held me up.

There's a change in the ivtv packaging that I haven't yet had the chance to 
compensate for in the guide. I'm attempting to get a new guide revision out 
shortly, but I need to bounce a few things off Axel...

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