2008/8/18 <stev391@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> It seems that kernel 2.6.27 (what I was using) is different enough >> that the modules and fw from Stephens downloads won't work properly. > >> I went back to 2.6.25 and it worked there, so I tried 2.6.26 and it >> worked there as well. > >> These are the steps I had to do so it would load properly; >> 1) Compile kernel WITHOUT 'multimedia' >> i.e. # >> # Multimedia devices >> # >> >> # >> # Multimedia core support >> # >> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set >> # CONFIG_DVB_CORE is not set >> # CONFIG_VIDEO_MEDIA is not set > >> # >> # Multimedia drivers >> # >> # CONFIG_DAB is not set > >> & reboot with new kernel (if it was the kernel you were already booted >> too, don't bother) > >> 2) Download Stephens latest media patches >> #> wget http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.bz2 >> extract to current dir, then; >> #> make all >> #> make install > >> 3) Download Stephens firmware and follow instructions in >> /Documentation/video4linux/extract_xc3028.pl > >> 4) Reboot machine to load all the correct modules and fw, then open >> favourite tuner prog (I use Me-TV) and enjoy the viewing. > >> -- >> Regards, Robert > > Robert, > > I'm glad you got it working. > > The v4l-dvb drivers will not work against a kernel that has the video/multimedia drivers compiled in to the kernel. > When you compile your kernel you select the above options, which you disabled, as modules and this will also allow the v4l-dvb drivers to be compiled as modules and overwrite the older drivers. > > If the kernel you were using, that it didn't work against, was part of a distro, perhaps a bug report to them about their kernel config should be sent... > I actually have Gentoo as my install base, however, I have become used to navigating around the vanilla sources for so many years I still use them rather than the gentoo-sources. I reckon I just have to find the difference in some parts of the 2.6.27 kernel as I used the oldconfig to fire it up. Yeah, I was lazy and this is what happens when you get lazy. :-/ .. It wouldn't compile the nvidia drivers either, so I'll have to get into it to see what has been changed that caused that to happen. > Regards, > > Stephen. > > > -- > Be Yourself @ mail.com! > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > Get a Free Account at www.mail.com > > On another note, is it the 'cx23885' that controls 'analog' (aka Winfast 107d:66xx series) as well on this card? Or another chip I don't know about? The FM Radio would use the 'analog' chip too, wouldn't it? I was given to understand that the cx23885 was a newer version of the Conexant 'bt878' continuum, is that correct? -- Regards, Robert ..... Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I have never been able to make out the numbers. --- Errata: Spelling mistakes are not intentional, however, I don't use spell checkers because it's too easy to allow the spell checker to make the decisions and use words that are out of context for that being written, i.e. their/there, your/you're, threw/through and even accept/except, not to mention foreign (I'm Australian) English spelling, i.e. colour/color, socks/sox, etc,. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
