2008/9/17 Jonathan Coles <jcoles0727@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Your instructions at http://linuxtv.org/repo/ for obtaining v4l-dvb say > to execute: > > hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb > > But this returns > > abort: error: Name or service not known > > Perhaps there is a mistake in the instructions. copy and pasting that line here works fine: % hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb destination directory: v4l-dvb requesting all changes adding changesets ...etc > > It seems this checkout step is not really required, as you can download > the tarball from a link on the page at the URL. One advantage of using mercurial over the tarball is the ability to run `hg pull` and `hg update` rather than re download the entire set. > > I also find it confusing that you mention dvb-apps, but don't talk about > compiling it. Is it needed? Optional? An alternative? dvb-apps AFAIK are optional. I have not yet needed them in normal operation of a tuner card. > > Are there additional steps not presented here? I was unable to get my > Hauppage HVR-950 to work on Ubuntu 8.04. Does this package support that > device? Do you have the firmware for the device as well as the driver? On the mythtv-users list there was a success story using one of these tuners. It details how they got it working before going into issues using two of them: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/349205?search_string=HVR-950;#349205 He was using the mcentral repository, and Edgy but the steps are otherwise the same. Hope this helps, cheers, Owen. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
