Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-19 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:07:05 +0100 Karl Ernst Brunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there ! > > read just every messages here and one point is maybe not treatened right. So > as nobody mentioned the following maybe it is quite normal to all of you, but > this is not my experience. > I do a lo

[gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-18 Thread Karl Ernst Brunk
Hey there ! read just every messages here and one point is maybe not treatened right. So as nobody mentioned the following maybe it is quite normal to all of you, but this is not my experience. I do a lot of kernel-compiling and the problem of fanished options on my system always is related to

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-17 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Holly, Monday, January 17, 2005, 12:12:09 AM, you wrote: HB> In that case, the error message is correct; unless you are using the HB> closed-source ATI binary drivers (emerge ati-drivers), you do not have HB> the Video Overlay capacity I'm emerging them now, version 3.14.6, hope that's t

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-17 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Nick, Monday, January 17, 2005, 12:28:33 AM, you wrote: NR> however in this case i think Tony should try and get bttv going before NR> he changes anything else. bttv is running and using the no overlay switch didn't work. -- Tony. The Bat! 3.0.2.10 Registered Linux user #316959 PGP Key

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-17 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Holly, Monday, January 17, 2005, 12:12:09 AM, you wrote: HB> You should wait before installing the ati-drivers, though-- I'll wait till later in the day to try and get them then. Thank you very much Holly. -- Tony. The Bat! 3.0.2.10 Registered Linux user #316959 PGP Key http://www.thebo

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 01:12:09 +0100 Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Boom wrote: > > Hello Nick, > > > > Sunday, January 16, 2005, 9:15:46 PM, you wrote: > > > > NR> ie what card does your monitor plug into? > > > > Oh, silly me, sorry! > > > > Radeon 9600xt > > > In that case,

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Holly Bostick
Tony Boom wrote: Hello Nick, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 9:15:46 PM, you wrote: NR> ie what card does your monitor plug into? Oh, silly me, sorry! Radeon 9600xt In that case, the error message is correct; unless you are using the closed-source ATI binary drivers (emerge ati-drivers), you do not have

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Nick, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 9:15:46 PM, you wrote: NR> ie what card does your monitor plug into? Oh, silly me, sorry! Radeon 9600xt -- Tony. The Bat! 3.0.2.10 Registered Linux user #316959 PGP Key http://www.theboomclan.com/pgp.txt http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=7037908

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:59:13 + Tony Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Nick, > > Sunday, January 16, 2005, 8:55:59 PM, you wrote: > > NR> what video card and driver are you using? > > Hauppauge WinTV PCI wth bttv. what video card, not what framegrabber! ie what card does your monito

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Nick, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 8:55:59 PM, you wrote: NR> what video card and driver are you using? Hauppauge WinTV PCI wth bttv. -- Tony. The Bat! 3.0.2.10 Registered Linux user #316959 PGP Key http://www.theboomclan.com/pgp.txt http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=7037908 smi

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:46:39 + Tony Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Tony, > > Sunday, January 16, 2005, 5:52:31 PM, you wrote: > > TB> No, it doesn't work at all. > > And it still Doesn't. Anyone tell me what this lot means and what to do > about it please. > > > bash-2.05b$ tvti

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Tony, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 5:52:31 PM, you wrote: TB> No, it doesn't work at all. And it still Doesn't. Anyone tell me what this lot means and what to do about it please. bash-2.05b$ tvtime Running tvtime 0.9.12. Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml Reading configuratio

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Holly, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 12:23:10 PM, you wrote: HB> First of all, does it work if you run it as a user? No, it doesn't work at all. HB> What are you running xawtv as root for anyway? I don't know to be honest, either way it doesn't work. I've had a major incident here anyway a

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Holly Bostick
Tony Boom wrote: Hello Nick, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 12:31:23 AM, you wrote: NR> I assume it fails in both cases then? It does, and these are the outputs from the commands you gave me. gentoo root # xawtv -c /dev/v4l/video0 This is xawtv-3.86, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.10-gentoo-r4) Xlib: connec

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-16 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Nick, Sunday, January 16, 2005, 12:31:23 AM, you wrote: NR> I assume it fails in both cases then? It does, and these are the outputs from the commands you gave me. > gentoo root # xawtv -c /dev/v4l/video0 > > This is xawtv-3.86, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.10-gentoo-r4) > Xlib: connection

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 21:30 +, Tony Boom wrote: > On Saturday 15 January 2005 21:12, Nick Rout wrote: > > > try running xawtv from the command line in an xterm and see what errors > > are given > > xawtv gives... > > This is xawtv-3.86, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.10-gentoo-r4) > Warning: Can

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-15 Thread Tony Boom
On Saturday 15 January 2005 21:12, Nick Rout wrote: > try running xawtv from the command line in an xterm and see what errors > are given xawtv gives... This is xawtv-3.86, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.10-gentoo-r4) Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 11:24 +, Tony Boom wrote: > On Saturday 15 January 2005 10:59, Tony Boom wrote: > > > I've almost given up on getting it to work. > > Not sure if this will help pinpoint my problem, the output from dmsg try running xawtv from the command line in an xterm and see what er

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-15 Thread Tony Boom
On Saturday 15 January 2005 10:59, Tony Boom wrote: > I've almost given up on getting it to work. Not sure if this will help pinpoint my problem, the output from dmsg: It's all Klingon to me. bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture bttv:

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-15 Thread Tony Boom
On Saturday 15 January 2005 01:47, Nick Rout wrote: > clear now? if not post back! As mud :) I've almost given up on getting it to work. I've managed to get bttv, compiled it and it now loads as a module but I still can't get my card to work. I have xawtv and as soon as I run it, it flashes o

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Holly Bostick
Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 13:26 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: Oh, thank heaven-- somebody *did* know another reason it might not be appearing other than it not being present at all :-D . Holly yeah like the 4th poster in the thread said it (Peter Ruskin ) Except that the help strongly

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 13:26 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: > Oh, thank heaven-- somebody *did* know another reason it might not be > appearing other than it not being present at all :-D . > > Holly yeah like the 4th poster in the thread said it (Peter Ruskin ) -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 12:31 +, Tony Boom wrote: > On Friday 14 January 2005 12:19, spox wrote: > > > Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video for Linux -> Video for > > Linux -> BT848 Video for Linux -> compile that as module > > Spox, I know your trying to help and I do appreciate it ver

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread spox
The BT848, 878 and 881 are all video chipsets. But you were absolutely right with I2C. Am Freitag, den 14.01.2005, 12:48 + schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:31:04 +, Tony Boom wrote: > > > > Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video for Linux -> Video for > > > Linux -> B

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Holly Bostick
Neil Bothwick wrote: The easiest way to find where to set the option, and what it depends on, is to run make menuconfig, press / and type in 'bt848'. It Tried this on two machines and it showed the location of the BT848 setting on both, even though it didn't show up in the options on one of them be

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:31:04 +, Tony Boom wrote: > > Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video for Linux -> Video for > > Linux -> BT848 Video for Linux -> compile that as module > > Spox, I know your trying to help and I do appreciate it very much but I > don't know any other way of sayi

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Tony Boom
On Friday 14 January 2005 12:27, spox wrote: > After enabling I2C go back to Multimedia and THEN you should see BT848. Now I have it thank you, I'll try again now. Thank you Spox. -- Tony. Gentoo Linux. Registered Linux user #316959 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread spox
I remember that it took me quite some time to get my kernel right for that card - the rest was more or less easy. The I2C dependency is a real nasty thing. Am Freitag, den 14.01.2005, 13:26 +0100 schrieb Holly Bostick: > spox wrote: > > I see - you're propably missing another thing too: > > > > C

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Tony Boom
On Friday 14 January 2005 12:19, spox wrote: > Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video for Linux -> Video for > Linux -> BT848 Video for Linux -> compile that as module Spox, I know your trying to help and I do appreciate it very much but I don't know any other way of saying... "I don't hav

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Tony Boom
On Friday 14 January 2005 12:07, Holly Bostick wrote: > I know it's not much, given that I'm using the wrong kernel, but hope it > helps anyway. SuSE isn't a problem, I've been watching TV on this box for years with SuSE. I can boot off a Knoppix live CD and my TV works, I tried FC2 and 3 and I

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Holly Bostick
spox wrote: I see - you're propably missing another thing too: Check Device drivers -> I2C support * or M Device drivers -> I2C support -> I2C device interface * or M Device drivers -> I2C support-> I2C Algorithms -> I2C bit-banging interfaces * or M Device drivers -> I2C support-> I2C Hardware

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Holly Bostick
spox wrote: No wonder that you don't find bttv drivers in your kernel configuration that easily. For a Hauppauge WinTV PCI you'll need the following kernel configuration: Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video for Linux -> compile that as module Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video fo

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread spox
I see - you're propably missing another thing too: Check Device drivers -> I2C support * or M Device drivers -> I2C support -> I2C device interface * or M Device drivers -> I2C support-> I2C Algorithms -> I2C bit-banging interfaces * or M Device drivers -> I2C support-> I2C Hardware Bus suppor

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Holly Bostick
Tony Boom wrote: On Friday 14 January 2005 11:35, Holly Bostick wrote: What is the exact name and model number of the card, so you or we can look it up and *see* what chipset it is using OK, after ripping my PC to bits and taking the card out this is what it is. On the card: PAL-BG/I 62314 Rev BM

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread spox
No wonder that you don't find bttv drivers in your kernel configuration that easily. For a Hauppauge WinTV PCI you'll need the following kernel configuration: Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video for Linux -> compile that as module Device Drivers-> Multimedia devices -> Video for Linux ->

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Tony Boom
On Friday 14 January 2005 11:35, Holly Bostick wrote: > What is the exact name and model number of the card, so you or we can > look it up and *see* what chipset it is using OK, after ripping my PC to bits and taking the card out this is what it is. On the card: PAL-BG/I 62314 Rev BM On the ac

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Holly Bostick
Tony Boom wrote: People keep telling me I have to compile the bttv module into my kernel, I have no idea whatsoever how to do that, it is not there. Can anyone else who is using 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 *please* just run a make menuconfig and see if the driver is in fact missing (it is very remotely po

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Tony Boom
On Friday 14 January 2005 10:55, Mariusz PÄkala wrote: > Back to the topic: read the > /usr/src/linux/Docum*/video4*/{CARDLIST,bttv/Cards}* and if you find > nothing, read the rest of files here. I am almost sure you will find what > you need. I've read it all, it tells me about bttv, It tells me

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Holly Bostick
Tony Boom wrote: I've just recompiled my kernel with what I thought was support for my WinTV PCi card. Apparently the driver for a bt848 card is now Conexant 2388x. I've compiled that and the appropriate sound driver in. You know, everybody... it seems to me that we're stumbling about somewhat

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Mariusz Pękala
On 2005-01-14 09:26:27 + (Fri, Jan), Tony Boom wrote: > On Friday 14 January 2005 07:59, Mariusz Pękala wrote: > > > $  grep -r 2388 /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r4/Documentation/video4linux/ > > I get exactly the same output... > > /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r4/Documentation/video4linux/b

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Tony Boom
On Friday 14 January 2005 07:59, Mariusz PÄkala wrote: > $ Âgrep -r 2388 /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r4/Documentation/video4linux/ I get exactly the same output... /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r4/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Cards: XCapture PV-CX881P(cx23881) /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Tony Boom
On Friday 14 January 2005 00:32, Nick Rout wrote: > I think you are on the wrong track. the cx8800 appears to be the driver > for the Conexant 2388x chipset. the Conexant 2388x *chipset* is the > successor to the BT878 *chipset*, but you still need BT848 driver if you > have a bt848/bt878 chipset.

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-14 Thread Mariusz Pękala
On 2005-01-13 21:44:49 + (Thu, Jan), Tony Boom wrote: > And guess what the Conexant 2388x module will be called? > > It's called cx8800. Now why I didn't think of that I'll never know :) > > Seriously I didn't know about xconfig, only menu config and that doesn't > give the same info as xcon

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 21:44 +, Tony Boom wrote: > On Thursday 13 January 2005 21:27, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > > Well, I just did a `make xconfig` on kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r3. > > Here's what the Help says for Device Drivers -> Multimedia devices > > -> Video For Linux -> BT848 Video For Linux:

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-13 Thread Tony Boom
On Thursday 13 January 2005 21:27, Peter Ruskin wrote: > Well, I just did a `make xconfig` on kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r3.   > Here's what the Help says for Device Drivers -> Multimedia devices > -> Video For Linux -> BT848 Video For Linux: Not any more, I just did the same with 2.6.19-gentoo-r4 and

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-13 Thread Tony Boom
On Thursday 13 January 2005 18:17, Holly Bostick wrote: > If you compiled it statically (using a * instead of an M), it won't be > there (because it's compiled directly into the kernel, rather than as a > module). I didn't, it wouldn't as it was dependant on another module so it compiled as a mo

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-13 Thread Tony Boom
On Thursday 13 January 2005 18:12, Dave Nebinger wrote: > But, according to http://www.wlug.org.nz/TvTunerCards, the BT848 driver > should be available in the 2.6 tree. But they say ... (in the 2.6.x kernel this is in Device Drivers -> Multimedia devices -> Video For Linux -> BT848 Video For Li

Re: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-13 Thread Holly Bostick
Tony Boom wrote: I've just recompiled my kernel with what I thought was support for my WinTV PCi card. Apparently the driver for a bt848 card is now Conexant 2388x. I've compiled that and the appropriate sound driver in. Now I can find the sound driver but not the 2388x driver. I've checked my

RE: [gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-13 Thread Dave Nebinger
> Which one of those, if any, is the one I need? It's supposed to be 2388x. Hey RTFM! We don't take those kinds of questions here :-P Just kidding. I don't know for sure, but certainly you could modprobe them until you find the one that works... But, according to http://www.wlug.org.nz/TvTune

[gentoo-user] BT848 driver.

2005-01-13 Thread Tony Boom
I've just recompiled my kernel with what I thought was support for my WinTV PCi card. Apparently the driver for a bt848 card is now Conexant 2388x. I've compiled that and the appropriate sound driver in. Now I can find the sound driver but not the 2388x driver. I've checked my menuconfig and i