Hi Kevin,

On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 01:54, Kevin Bowen wrote:
> I have a /dev/video/ directory which contains several devices, I think
> unrelated to the tuner, then I have devices /dev/video0 through
> /dev/video3 - which is, I'm told, how it's supposed to be - video0 is the
> tuner, video1-3 are composite input etc. xawtv properly detects and defaults
> to the tuner on video0.

No, video[0-3] are *devices*. BTTV is *only* device 0 (video0). Each
device cna have multiple inputs, which can be set by applications
(inputs include tuner, composite, etc.).

> Now here's a question which will reveal my newbitude ;) - whats the
> distinction between insmod and modprobe, and when do I use them? Currently

modprobe reads /etc/modules.conf, insmod doesn't. modprobe also preloads
other needed modules (such as i2c-core/-algo-bit and videodev for bttv)
by looking which symbols are missing for the module to load correctly
and checking which modules provide these symbols.

> I'm doing neither, they are loaded automatically (i see tuner related
> entries in my modules.conf - apparently placed there automatically by
> redhat). I dont have an options line specified, although based on someone
> else's advice, I tried previously doing modprobe tuner type=2 (I think) with
> no effect.. however the module was at that time already loaded. Do I need to
> remove the module, then reload it with the option?

Yes. rmmod or modprobe -r.

Ronald

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Ronald Bultje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux Video/Multimedia developer



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