On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Hank VanZile wrote: I believe if you untar into a fresh directory and compile from within there, when you do the 'make install' it'll write over any earlier mistakes. Though you will want to pay attention to this doc: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.1 esp. the part that talks about getting rid of old versions of msp3400.o
> So, I was about to try this out, but then I realized I'm not really sure > what to do first. As I said, I've made at least one failed attempt at > installing IVTV from the source. I assume I have to remove that first? > Can anyone give me some instructions on how to remove my mistake before > trying to install it again? > > Thanks, > Hank > > Hank VanZile wrote: > > > Thanks, Mark. I'll give this a try. > > > > > > Mark Matula wrote: > > > >> I don't know if this will help you , but for .17 to work on my > >> previously > >> working system (Debian unstable), I needed to upgrade ivtv. I went > >> with the > >> latest 0.2.x tarball (0.2.0 rc3g at the time) from here: > >> http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=DownloadIvyTv > >> and followed these instructions: > >> http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1#q11 > >> > >> Pay attention to this file: ./ivtv-0.2.0-rc3g/utils/README.X11 > >> 'install' the > >> x fb driver as instructed, and change the Driver line in your X > >> config if > >> needed (was 'Driver "fbdev"' now 'Driver "ivtvdev"'). > >> > >> On difference, though is that here > >> (http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=FirmwareVersions )ivtv > >> folks say > >> to use the firmware from pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe. With that firmware, my > >> recordings would occasionally stutter. I changed to the suppoosedly > >> buggy > >> firmware from pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip, and all's well. May it help > >> you. > >> > >> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Hank VanZile wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> First of all, thank you all for this wonderful project and the support > >>> network surrounding it. I've had my Myth box up and mostly up and > >>> running for about 6 months and it's been adopted into our regular > >>> routine by my wife. That is until yesterday. > >>> > >>> I initially built the system using Jarod's guide. Until yesterday I > >>> was > >>> running Myth 0.16 on Fedora Core 2 with kernel 2.6.8-1.521 and a > >>> PVR-350. Most things were working just fine (even X out to the TV), > >>> though I would have front-end crashes at leasts once a week (caused, I > >>> believe, by IVTV). Yesterday I upgraded my dedicated recordings hard > >>> drive and decided to do some tweaks (big mistake). > >>> > >>> First of all, I installed XFCE and made that my default Window Manager. > >>> Secondly, I used Synaptic to update MythTV to 0.17 and decided, while I > >>> was there, to upgrade IVTV as well, since I was experiencing the > >>> aforementioned crashes. Everything went alright, but when I went back > >>> into Myth and watched a recording, the video (not audio) was stuttering > >>> pretty badly. I noticed in Synaptic that there was another update to > >>> IVTV (as well as MythTV) and went for it. It required a kernel update > >>> to 2.6.10, to which I agreed. It got part way and then Synaptic > >>> crashed. At that point, things started acting a little wonky - the > >>> backend didn't start up on launch, etc., so I decided to remove MythTV > >>> and IVTV entirely (using Synaptic) and start from scratch. > >>> > >>> I went back to Jarod's FC2 guide and installed MythSuite using apt-get > >>> with no problems whatsoever. Then I went to follow the instructions > >>> for > >>> IVTV and there were no packages found for my kernel. I looked for > >>> kernel upgrades on Axel's site, but couldn't find any for FC2. > >>> > >>> Okay, then, on to manual IVTV installation. I downloaded CK100ZZ, > >>> since > >>> Jarod recommends it as the most stable version. I did a "make install" > >>> on the "driver" directory and now I am getting a TON of ivtv-fb errors > >>> when I try to load it. > >>> > >>> I am totally at a loss. I'm not very good with manually building and > >>> installing packages and I'm not sure I installed IVTV correctly. I > >>> don't want to wipe the drive and start from scratch and I'm already > >>> going to have to pay the piper for missing out on recording "24" > >>> tonight. ;) > >>> > >>> Can anyone help guide me? Thanks in advance. > >>> > >>> -Hank > >> > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > -- Mark Matula Mikey, you will be missed: http://eblo.ratula.net/mikey.html
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