[mythtv-users] Fedora 2, Failed to Allocate Memory Error

[Joe Henke]

Hrmm, after reading this post, I was just wondering - as a newbie when
it comes to Linux, but someone interested in learning/getting a MythTV
box setup, would it be wise to go with Fedora Core 1 versus 2?

Thanks!

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 00:01:42 -0700, Jarod Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Jul 6, 2004, at 20:11, Joshua Schramm wrote:
> 
> > Im trying to set up Myth on a machine running Fedora 2 using Jarods
> > guide as much as possible and using bleeding sources, testing sources,
> > etc.
> >
> > Anyway ive gotten to the point where im configuring Video Capturing
> > and the modprobe.conf file which differs from the guide.
> 
> You need to let us know what video capture card we're talking about...
> Ah, looks like a PVR-x50 card, from your ivtvctl stuff below.
> 
> > As mentioned in the archives the add line in jarods guide now throws
> > an error and there is no more path line.
> 
> I must have missed something, or I'm not thinking clearly... What add
> line?
> 
> > First question did anyone find out what you have to do to replace
> > this? I found a guide that mentioned modprobing a bunch of stuff by
> > using a script and i did that and put the script in /etc/init.d/ but i
> > dont think it ran. I gave it execute permissions and changed ownership
> > to root. This is probably a linux issue more than a myth issue and im
> > probably missing something simple.
> 
> Simply putting an executable in /etc/init.d/ doesn't make it load on
> startup. You need a symlink to it in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ (assuming you're
> booting into run-level 5) of the form S99startupscript, or something
> like that. The S is for "run this on startup", the 99 is for ordering
> (all S scripts are run in number order) and the startupscript name
> really doesn't matter, but standard convention is to make it match the
> name of the init script in /etc/init.d/.
> 
> > Next when i run those modprobes manually i still get an error to the
> > effect of
> >
> > Failed to open /dev/video0: Cannot allocate memory
> >
> > This happens when i try and do a cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/sample.mpg or
> > when i try and run ivtvctl -p 0
> >
> > Has anyone seen this?
> 
> Nope, no clue what's going on there. I haven't even tried an FC2
> machine with an ivtv card yet...
> 
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> jcw at wilsonet.com
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