David Thompson wrote: > Hello: > > I have just added another budget dvb-t pci card (AverTV 761) to my pc > running linux suse 9.2 - kernel 2.6.8-24 which already has a premium > technotrend dvb-t pci card installed. > > The drivers that came with the original suse 9.2 kernel as well as > with the updated kernel I am now running never worked properly with > the ttusb premium card, so I built and installed the necessary drivers > from a cvs version of the dvb-kernel I downloaded at the time back > when 2.6.8 was still supported. > > Unfortunately I only installed the drivers for the hardware I had at > that time and did not install the dvb_bt8xx drivers I now need to use > the avertv card. I also cannot find the backup of the dvb-kernel cvs > I made at the time .. > > Since I cannot build the CVS dvb-cvs kernel any longer, can anyone > tell me where I might be able to find a source for the dvb-kernel I > could build on my system. > > I really hesitate to update my kernel simply because of the huge > amount of time it always takes to make all my other system hardware > function properly. > > I have also tried going back to the original suse kernel drivers but > in spite of everything I cannot get the ttdvb premium pci to work > properly... the avertv card works fine though! :-) > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > > David This is Manu's suggestion to me. It might work for you. > My source directory is the standard /usr/src/linux symlink to the > branch under /usr/src. > > Create a directory whatever you like, cd to that directory... > > At the shell prompt execute the command.. > # cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvs/linuxtv co > dvb-kernel > > > This will fetch the latest CVS for you in that directory.. > > now after cvs download is complete, move to the directory inside, you > will see a makelinks script.. > > > At the shell prompt, > # makelinks /path/to/your/kernel/sources > > This will create the appropriate links to your kernel from the CVS tree.. > > Go to your kernel source directory do a make menuconfig or whatever is > your style, select the modules required, after that save, make > modules_install, make install will install your kernel... Jim -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Words to live by for all of us | /~\ The ASCII http://www.medjugorje.hr/ulazakenstipe.htm | \ / Ribbon Campaign | X Against | / \ HTML Email
