[mythtv-users] ivtv, PVR-250, FC3, Jarod's guide and no capture - newbie

[Colin Smillie]

Yes, they should match.  I would have expected errors when you load a
mis-matched module.  You might want to check if you do have the 681
module installed too.   Try:

rpm -qa | grep ivtv

I needed to add the following to mymodprobe.conf to get ivtv to load.  

options ivtv tuner=2
options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0

I think Jarod mentions these in his guide but in refernce to special cards.

Also on my system, with the PVR 350 card and FC3 I had problems the
681 kernel and sound from the ivtv driver. I upgraded to 724 and all
issues were resolved.


On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:13:36 -0800 (PST), George Lopez
<geokimlopez at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a critical issue with mythtv.  I cannot capture
> because I am not able to get ivtv to load.  Not sure
> if this is a Jarod's guide issue, ivtv issue, or user
> issue.  I have gotten everything up and running except
> I cannot capture anything b/c I cannot get ivtv to
> load.  I have done everything I could think of and
> find on the mail lists.  I am so close, yet all I have
> is a hunk of metal until I get this issue resolved.
> Modprobe.conf lines are there:
> # nvidia kernel module
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6629
> # ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> 
> [root at localhost mythtv]# uname -r
> 2.6.9-1.681_FC3
> [root at localhost mythtv]# /sbin/lspci -v
> +++++++++++
> 02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext
> Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416)
> MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV
> PVR 250
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64,
> IRQ 9
>         Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> [size=64M]
>         Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
> +++++++++
> [root at localhost mythtv]# apt-get install ivtv-firmware
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> ivtv-firmware is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 20 not
> upgraded.
> [root at localhost mythtv]# apt-get install
> ivtv-kmdl-$KVER
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> ivtv-kmdl-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 is already the newest
> version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 20 not
> upgraded.
> [root at localhost mythtv]# apt-get install ivtv
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 kernel#2.6.10-1.741_FC3
> The following packages will be upgraded
>   ivtv
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 kernel#2.6.10-1.741_FC3
> 1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 removed and 19 not
> upgraded.
> Need to get 17.0MB of archives.
> After unpacking 45.4MB of additional disk space will
> be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> Get:1 http://ayo.freshrpms.net
> fedora/linux/3/i386/updates kernel#2.6.10-1.741_FC3
> 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 [16.8MB]
> Get:2 http://apt.atrpms.net
> fedora/3/en/i386/at-testing ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.741_FC3
> 1:0.2.0-61_rc3d.rhfc3.at [109kB]
> Get:3 http://apt.atrpms.net
> fedora/3/en/i386/at-testing ivtv
> 1:0.2.0-61_rc3d.rhfc3.at [101kB]
> Fetched 17.0MB in 16m48s (16.8kB/s)
> Committing changes...
> Preparing...
> ########################################### [100%]
>    1:kernel
> ########################################### [ 33%]
> 
> 2:ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.741_###########################################
> [ 67%]
>    3:ivtv
> ########################################### [100%]
> Done.
> [root at localhost mythtv]# /sbin/depmod -a
> [root at localhost mythtv]# /sbin/modprobe ivtv
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ ll /dev/video?
> ls: /dev/video?: No such file or directory
> 
> I su to root and no help on finding /dev/video?
> [root at localhost mythtv]# ll /dev/video?
> ls: /dev/video?: No such file or directory
> 
> I see I have .741 ivtv kernel installed.  Is it
> supposed to match .681_FC3 kernel I am running?  If
> so, how do I make the change?
> 
> Please help.  I have everything else working (sound,
> mythfilldatabase, etc) since I just continued my
> install process figuring I can go back to loading ivtv
> once e-mail help arrives.
> 
> thanks,
> George
> 
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