[mythtv-users] RE: Pixelview BT878P+

[David Wadler]

> > I have been trying to get my Pixelview BT878P+ working with Mythtv.  i
> > have the bttv drivers in the kernel autoloading at boot, the card set-up
> > as a V4L card in MythTv setup.  But i still don't get any video.  Any
> > help appreciated.

Based on your lsmod, if seems as if you're loading all the right modules,
but you also wrote (above) that you have bttv drivers in the kernel.  I
don't want to be annoyingly nitpicky, but semantically accurate. :-)  If you
have the module loading as well as having a bttv driver built into the
kernel, that could conceivably create a problem.

We seem to have very similar hardware, but I have a few more modules
associated with television stuff.  Here's what I have that you don't:

tuner                  17356  0
tvaudio                20428  0
tda7432                 6924  0
bttv                  143980  1
video_buf              16516  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            8904  1 bttv
btcx_risc               3848  1 bttv
i2c_core               18756  6
tvmixer,tuner,tvaudio,tda7432,bttv,i2c_algo_bit

I assume you have i2c support turned on in the kernel.  If not, you'll need
that.

> I am running on Gentoo with a 2.6.7-gentoo-r8 kernel
> i can see a /dev/video0
> lsmod
>
> nvidia               4818484  0
> via82cxxx_audio        27208  0
> ac97_codec             17100  1 via82cxxx_audio
> snd_bt87x              12040  1
> snd_via82xx            25508  3
> snd_ac97_codec         66884  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_mpu401_uart         6912  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_rawmidi            21668  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_oss            33472  0
> snd_seq_midi_event      6848  1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq                53776  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq_device          7240  3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> snd_pcm_oss            50472  0
> snd_pcm                89732  4 snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_page_alloc          9480  3 snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> snd_timer              23172  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd_mixer_oss          18240  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd                    50852  20
>
snd_bt87x,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss
,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd
_mixer_oss
> bttv                  144332  0
> soundcore               8224  3 via82cxxx_audio,snd,bttv
> msp3400                22036  0