[mythtv-users] MOtorola 6200 - firewire

N Dugas normdugas at yahoo.ca
Fri Mar 17 03:19:59 UTC 2006


Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 18:42 -0700, N Dugas wrote:
> 
> 
>>What kernel are you running?  I just upgraded to Myth .19 last weekend. 
>>  I'm connected to DCT-6412 but it acts just like a 6200 (yeah, a waste 
>>but Myth is so much cooler).
> 
> 
> I am running the 2.6.15 kernel - do not use genkernel, but probably
> going back to 2.6.12 soon as the bugs in .15 make my laptop pretty
> useless...
> 
> Good to know 0.19 has working firewire though, although I fear that my
> laptop is the culprit from what I have read.  Would you mind posting
> your kernel .config for relevant 1394 and multimedia sections so I can
> cross check.  I have been using V4L for a very long while, so I am very
> familiar with the kernel options, but 1394 and BTV are both new to me -
> If I had a camcorder or something, I would use it to verify, but I have
> nothing firewire.  Last attempt I made, I disabled 1394/ethernet support
> since it was bringing up an ethernet interface that I would never use.
> 
> Anyway - I am lost - I guess if need be, I will carry my PC over there
> which is less than 2 years old and test the firewire on it to alleviate
> the laptop as the culprit.
> 
> Thanks for the info-
> 
> Greg

What kind of firewire?  Can you send the output from lspci?
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