Sorry...my mistake. Now I got the 2.18 kernel and at least the driver is loaded and when running xawtv the red light comes on! :) Haven't mangaged to tune any channels yet, but hopefully tomorrow! Thanks!
Ivar --- Mike Isely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Ivar Katmo wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > This is my first post here, so hello from Norway > :) > > > > First of all; Even thou I've installed Linux > several > > times I'm still pretty new to it (I have given up > many > > times and returned to Windows). The computer I > have > > installed Linux on is a EIPA MII 1.2 ghz. (too > slow > > for windows) I'm using the latest Ubuntu release. > > > > I'have extracted the drivers and placed them in > > '/lib/firmware/2.6.15-26-386' where several other > .fw > > and .bin files are located. Using the in-kernel > driver > > sounds easiest so I'm going for that one... > > So you're running the 2.6.15 kernel? If so, then > the in-kernel driver > didn't actually get "in-kernel" until 2.6.18. That > could be your problem > here... > > > > > > But what now? Are the driver supposed to load > > automatically? Or...? '/var/log/dmesg' says > nothing > > about PVRUSB2. > > Yes, hotplug (or more recently udev) will load the > pvrusb2.ko module into > the kernel when the device is inserted. That > clearly isn't happening > here. Look and see if you even have a pvrusb2.ko > file in your > /lib/modules area. I suspect that it isn't there > for you. > > For 2.6.18 or later you can use the in-kernel > driver. For earlier kernels > you have to use the standalone driver or you have to > install a v4l-dvb > snapshot. The web site goes over all this. See: > > > http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/setup.html#Prerequisites > > Though I can see from reading this how one might get > misled about which > kernels have the driver "in-kernel". The second > paragraph there isn't > being very helpful. I'll correct that. > > -Mike > > -- > | Mike Isely > | PGP fingerprint > Spammers Die!! | > | 03 54 43 4D 75 E5 CC 92 > | isely @ pobox (dot) com > | 71 16 01 E2 B5 F5 C1 E8 > | > | > _______________________________________________ > pvrusb2 mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2 > _______________________________________________ pvrusb2 mailing list [email protected] http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2
