On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Wille Wonka wrote: > Hi and thanks for the great job helping us USB2 users to get going! > > I am not a super Linux user but not a newbe. Still I have some issues > getting this to work as I am overwelmed with all information and can not > really decide what applies with old version kernel vs. new one... > Therefore, based on the below setup I would GRATELY appreciate a step by > step guide on how to get my Hauppague PVR USB2 card working on: > > Aiming for Ubuntu latest release (Or if there is a better candidate for > this) > With install Mythtv after successfully installing my card > > (Have managed to use the script to extract the firmware but not sure about > next step) > > Thanks a million in advance, > > Johan
Johan: I agree that the documentation can be somewhat difficult to get through but it is not easy to write documentation that is both simple and yet still covers all the corner cases that hundreds of people are all going to hit in different unique ways. When I originally wrote the documentation it was all in one huge inpenetrable page - it started off shorter but as people hit various things I kept adding to the documentation to describe such cases and provide answers. Last Spring I looked at what resulted and tried to restructure things to be more usable. What's there now is more structured like an outline, with a top level, fairly simple, page that tries to describe what to do in broad brush strokes. Then those "brush strokes" refer off to pages with successively greater detail that you can click through depending on where you hit issues. So with that said, let me outline what the overall things are and point you to appropriate places in the documentation. Work through that, and where you still have trouble then ask for more help. I really don't want to sit here and do what essentially turns into a restatement of what's already on the web site. On http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.html you will find the top-level view of things. This walks you through the overall steps: downloading the code, setting it all up, and then using it. There's a paragraph or two for each point. Your sticking point right now is with the setup, and that same page: http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.html#Setup lists these points: <quote> There are 3 basic steps you must complete in order to operate your PVR USB2 device in Linux: * You must (of course) compile and install the pvrusb2 driver itself. * You must extract and install the required firmware images. * You might have to compile and install some support modules. </quote> Keep that in mind as you go through the steps. The steps in further detail are found here: http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/setup.html You can find links there that point off to more details. For example, if you aren't sure if you have the right environment (i.e. kernel configuration), that's detailed here: http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/setup.html#Prerequisites Then each of the 3 major steps are laid out here: 1. Compile and install the driver: http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/setup.html#Compilation 2. Extract and install the firmware: http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/setup.html#Firmware 3. Ensure that you have the needed support modules: http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/setup.html#Modules Step (3) used to be a lot more important in the past, but generally it's a non-issue for any kernel that's roughly 2.6.16 or later (take a look at the section to be absolutely sure). So it really comes down to compile & install the kernel, the extract & install the firmware. Take a look again at those sections and then tell me where you're having trouble. -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
