Yes, coldplug is emerged and it running at the default runlevel. I double check the firmware names and directory locations, but the firmware is still not found. Reid
On 3/13/06, Nick Rosier <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > On 3/13/06, dill weed <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Sorry if this is a question that has already been asked or if this is the > > wrong list, howerver, I can't find a workable solution and am looking here > > for help. Anyways, I'm trying to get the firmware loaded so that my capture > > cards work. > > > > A little about my system. I have one PVR-250 and one PVR-500 in my system > > I'm also running an up to date Gentoo system with a 2.6.15 kernel. I know > > the cards work, because they worked with earlier versions of the ivtv > > driver. But because of other issues with the computer I went back to a > > Windows system until different drivers (ndiswrapper) became more refined and > > didn't keep locking up my system. > > > > Anyways, I remember that ivtv drivers use to look for firmware in the > > /lib/modules directory, but that has since moved to a hotplug system. Not > > sure if that is good or bad, but it is causing me to pull my hair out, and I > > don't have much left as it is. It seems that Gentoo uses udev as default to > > load drivers upon booting. If udev doesn't have the proper rules its suppose > > to "switch/call" hotplug to finish the process. However, this doesn't seem > > to be working properly though. When ever I load ivtv into the kernel I get > > this: > > > > (start > > snip)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== > > ivtv: version 0.4.3 (tagged release) loading > > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 preempt K7 gcc-3.4 > > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between > > ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with > > ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. > > ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (cx23416 based) > > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> > > IRQ 5 > > tveeprom: ivtv version > > tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32062, rev = C199, serial# = 8115600 > > tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, type = 50) > > tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000) > > tveeprom: audio processor = MSP3445 (type = c) > > tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13) > > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] > > tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 > > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] > > saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver > > saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21] > > msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver > > msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP3445G-B8 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio > > mode=simpler > > msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started > > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP3445G-B8, addr=40] > > ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > > ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory? > > ivtv0 warning: failed loading encoder firmware > > ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -3! > > ivtv0: Error -3 initializing firmware. > > ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization > > ivtv: probe of 0000:00:0b.0 failed with error -12 > > > > (end snip, happens for both all > > cards)-------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Supposedly hotplug is looking for firmware in /lib/firmware according to > > /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent, but for some reason it doesn't see it. If I do > > this "cat "/sbin/hotplug" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug" then ivtv loads > > perfectly. Upon rebooting /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug reverts back to > > "/sbin/udevsend". I've tried the workaround in this post > > http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=914 , but it > > seems that udev-079 (which I'm using) already has this fix incorporated into > > it. I'm at a loss at what to do, and my wife is getting more anxious then > > ever to her PVR back. Is there anyone out ther also running Gentoo or > > running into a similar problem as this and has a fix for it? > > > > Another question, what caused the developers to switch to hotplug, rather > > then keeping the firmware located in /lib/modules? Is there a make switch > > that we can use to when compiling the ivtv driver so that it looks in > > /lib/modules again rather then using hotplug? > > Did you emerge coldplug and add it to the default runlevel? I had a > friend who was having simular problems. They got solved after he > emerged coldplug. > > N. > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel > _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
