[mythtv-users] Re: bttv?

dave sailer d.sailer at comcast.net
Wed Nov 16 12:03:21 EST 2005


Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:

> dave sailer wrote:
>
>> been trying to resolve some issues with my setup (losing audio, lirc 
>> issues). I have a pvr150 & a pvr250. Something I don't understand is 
>> why I have a bttv module loaded. I thought the 150/250 was strictly 
>> supported by ivtv. I shows as being unused in lsmod. I am not loading 
>> it myself - in fact bttv doesn't show up in /etc anywhere.
>
>
> Are you loading lirc_i2c? It loads bttv, rivatv, ivtv and cx8800. This 
> is pretty bogus IMHO and causes problems.
>
> For example, I have an nvidia FX5200 with video-in (no tuner). I don't 
> use the video-in for anything but lirc loads rivatv which grabs the 
> hardware and prevents the nvidia graphics driver from being loaded.
>
> Because of this I had to recompile lirc from source with this patch:
>
> Index: lirc_i2c/lirc_i2c.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/lirc/lirc/drivers/lirc_i2c/lirc_i2c.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.35
> diff -u -r1.35 lirc_i2c.c
> --- lirc_i2c/lirc_i2c.c 20 Oct 2005 18:25:58 -0000      1.35
> +++ lirc_i2c/lirc_i2c.c 16 Nov 2005 16:44:18 -0000
> @@ -596,10 +596,6 @@
>
>  int init_module(void)
>  {
> -       request_module("bttv");
> -       request_module("rivatv");
> -       request_module("ivtv");
> -       request_module("cx8800");
>         i2c_add_driver(&driver);
>         return 0;
>  }
>
>
> Bolek
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I am loading lirc_i2c. I really want to avoid patches. Maybe I'll shoot 
this over to the lirc lists for comment.


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