diff -Naur alevt-1.6.1-dist/lang.h alevt-1.6.1/lang.h
--- alevt-1.6.1-dist/lang.h	1999-06-28 23:08:08.000000000 +0200
+++ alevt-1.6.1/lang.h	2002-12-31 16:54:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 void add_enhance(struct enhance *eh, int dcode, u32 *data);
 void enhance(struct enhance *eh, struct vt_page *vtp);
 
-#endif LANG_H
+#endif /* LANG_H */
diff -Naur alevt-1.6.1-dist/vbi.c alevt-1.6.1/vbi.c
--- alevt-1.6.1-dist/vbi.c	2001-03-03 19:14:03.000000000 +0100
+++ alevt-1.6.1/vbi.c	2002-12-31 16:54:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define BTTV_VBISIZE		_IOR('v' , BASE_VIDIOCPRIVATE+8, int)
 
 /***** v4l2 vbi-api *****/
-
+#if 0
 struct v4l2_vbi_format
 {
     u32 sampling_rate;		/* in 1 Hz */
@@ -52,6 +52,51 @@
 #define V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI       0x00000009
 #define VIDIOC_G_FMT		_IOWR('V',  4, struct v4l2_format)
 
+#else
+/*  Four-character-code (FOURCC) */
+#define v4l2_fourcc(a,b,c,d)\
+	(((u32)(a)<<0)|((u32)(b)<<8)|((u32)(c)<<16)|((u32)(d)<<24))
+
+enum v4l2_buf_type {
+	V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE	= 1,
+	V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT	= 2,
+	V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OVERLAY	= 3,
+	V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_CAPTURE	= 4,
+	V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_OUTPUT	= 5,
+	V4L2_BUF_TYPE_PRIVATE		= 0x80,
+};
+
+struct v4l2_vbi_format
+{
+	u32	sampling_rate;	/* in 1 Hz */
+	u32	offset;
+	u32	samples_per_line;
+	u32	sample_format;	/* V4L2_PIX_FMT_* */
+	s32	start[2];
+	u32	count[2];
+	u32	flags;		/* V4L2_VBI_* */
+	u32	reserved[2];	/* must be zero */
+};
+
+struct v4l2_format
+{
+	enum v4l2_buf_type type;
+	union
+	{
+/* not needed */
+#if 0
+		struct v4l2_pix_format	pix;  /* V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE */
+		struct v4l2_window	win;  /* V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OVERLAY */
+#endif
+		struct v4l2_vbi_format	vbi;  /* V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_CAPTURE */
+		u8	raw_data[200];        /* user-defined */
+	} fmt;
+};
+
+#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY	v4l2_fourcc('G','R','E','Y') /*  8  Greyscale     */
+#define VIDIOC_G_FMT		_IOWR('V',  4, struct v4l2_format)
+
+#endif
 /***** end of api definitions *****/
 
 
@@ -468,7 +513,11 @@
     int soc, eoc;	// start/end of clock run-in
     int bpl;		// bytes per line
 
+#if 0
     if (p->sample_format != V4L2_VBI_SF_UBYTE)
+#else
+    if (p->sample_format != V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY)
+#endif
     {
 	error("v4l2: unsupported vbi data format");
 	return -1;
@@ -526,13 +575,24 @@
     struct v4l2_format v4l2_format[1];
     struct v4l2_vbi_format *vbifmt = &v4l2_format->fmt.vbi;
 
+#if 0
     if (ioctl(vbi->fd, VIDIOC_G_FMT, v4l2_format) == -1
 	|| v4l2_format->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI)
+#else
+    memset (v4l2_format, 0, sizeof(struct v4l2_format));
+    v4l2_format->type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_CAPTURE;
+    if (ioctl(vbi->fd, VIDIOC_G_FMT, v4l2_format) == -1
+	|| v4l2_format->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI_CAPTURE)
+#endif
     {
 	// not a v4l2 device.  assume bttv and create a standard fmt-struct.
 	int size;
 
+#if 0
 	vbifmt->sample_format = V4L2_VBI_SF_UBYTE;
+#else
+	vbifmt->sample_format = V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY;
+#endif
 	vbifmt->sampling_rate = 35468950;
 	vbifmt->samples_per_line = 2048;
 	vbifmt->offset = 244;
