[mythtv-users] ATI remote with FC2 / mythtv 0.16 after Jarod's guide

[Mercury Morris]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:36:53 -0500, Mercury Morris
<mercury.morris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:13:22 -0400, David George <david at thegeorges.us> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Mercury Morris wrote:
> >
> > >Thanks for pointing out what I should have found by
> > >trying a   locate ati_remote !!  I just didn't think that
> > >the ATI remote would merit inclusion in the kernel.
> > >
> > >Thanks for all the instructions and for the patch.
> > >I downloaded the patch from where it was attached
> > >to the mail in Gmail.  But I can't read it.  It appears to
> > >be a binary file when I try using   less   on it.
> > >
> > >
> > Gmail must have butchered it.  I just looked and it is a text/plain
> > attachment.
> >
> > >I get the feeling that the fact that I can't read it is probably
> > >like my not thinking to use locate for the built-in support.
> > >But, just in case it's a Gmail quirk, you might want to
> > >consider an alternate/backup method for making the patch
> > >accessible.
> > >
> > >
> > You can download it from my website
> > http://thegeorges.us/mythtv/ati_2681.patch .
> >
> > >I do understand how to make the replacement module,
> > >it's just that it seems reasonable that I should be able to
> > >read the patch before applying it.
> 
> Thanks for the alternate path to the ati_2681.patch.
> 
> Once again, it turns out to be User Error on my part.
> If I had just trusted Gmail and Left-clicked the attachment,
> it would have popped up in a separate browser window.
> To verify that Gmail's version and the alternate you provided
> are the same, I downloaded both.  They are identical.
> 
> I'll try my hand at applying the patch on a companion
> machine first.  Since I'm so good at the User Error game,
> it just seems like the right thing to do, to avoid hosing up
> the running-fairly-well mythtv machine.
> 
> After that, I'll have to actually BUY an ATI REMOTE WONDER.
> The little grey remote that came with the PVR-350 is nice, but too
> small.  My dog could eat that thing and I'd be pulling cushions up
> for days.
> 

After making a version of ati_remote.c, I went ahead and
tried the 

     make modules

step.  It first told me that my kernel didn't allow loadable modules.
(I don't believe that could be correct - they MUST be loadable.)
But then offered help, by suggesting that i type 

     make config

That took a very long time to get thru.  I didn't want to build
a new kernel, so I skipped that step and just typed

     make modules

And that too, took a very long time.

Might there be a way to make just the single ati_remote.ko module?

I see that some distributions have RPMs, but apparrantly, not FC2.