Well i have that in my modprobe file, rebooted, module is loaded, still nothing. Wow this is getting agervating :(<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Cyber Source</b> <<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">
peter@thecybersource.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The only lines you should need in modprobe are;
<br><br>alias char-major-81-0 bttv<br>options tuner type=2<br><br><br>Frank Kumro wrote:<br><br>> well i put that into my modprobe.conf and i got errros and then i<br>> uncommented the i2c stuff and now matter what I did I would always get
<br>> /dev/video0 doesnt exist. So i removed all of it and reloaded the<br>> module...still /dev/video0 doesnt exist. Its not even showing up<br>> now...argh<br>><br>> On 8/29/05, *Frank Kumro* <<a href="mailto:fkumro@gmail.com">
fkumro@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fkumro@gmail.com">fkumro@gmail.com</a>>><br>> wrote:<br>><br>> Peter,<br>> I not to keen on putting stuff in modprobe so would this fly? (i<br>> got it from the kernel docs)
<br>><br>> # i2c<br>> alias char-major-89 i2c-dev<br>> options i2c-core i2c_debug=1<br>> options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1<br>><br>> # bttv<br>> alias char-major-81 videodev
<br>> alias char-major-81-0 bttv<br>> options bttv card=2 radio=1<br>> options tuner type=2 debug=1<br>><br>><br>><br>> On 8/29/05, * Cyber Source* <<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">
peter@thecybersource.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> You want NTSC and US-CABLE. If you can't get any stations at
<br>> all its<br>> most likely that the tuner option is not set. It is probably<br>> type 2.<br>> Check your logs, it's probably screaming about no tuner set.<br>> Your going
<br>> to need a line like "options tuner type=2" in your modprobe<br>> file. Look<br>> in the kernel docs on the bttv module for specifics but if memory<br>> serves, that is exactly the line you need.
<br>><br>> Frank Kumro wrote:<br>><br>>> Well i got it working...turns out the it wasnt compiled (sry<br>> guys i<br>>> was mistaken). However I cannot get any stations to show. I tried
<br>>> xawtv and tvtime. I want to use scantv that is *suppose* to<br>> come with<br>>> xawtv but it is no where to be found. Our cable is NTSC and<br>> which of<br>>> the following (us-bcast,us-cable,us-cablehsc)?
<br>>><br>>> On 8/29/05, *Cyber Source* <<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a>
><br>>> <mailto: <a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a>>>> wrote:<br>>>
<br>>> Sounds like a major pain. EVERY time I have tried to<br>> compile a<br>>> kernel it<br>>> either didnt work or I left something out or it just<br>> acted weird<br>
>> after,<br>>> never had any luck doing a kernel compile. If it didnt take<br>>> forever or<br>>> we could get a fast machine in for a meeting, I would<br>> love to see a
<br>>> demo, when/if we start having meetings again.<br>>><br>>> Frank Kumro wrote:<br>>><br>>> > well i can install an older kernel but i just compiled<br>> mine with
<br>>> > patricks (the creator) config file and just added stuff<br>> I need.<br>>> I will<br>>> > make sure by recompiling the kernel that v4l is<br>> compiled in. All i
<br>>> > have to select is Video For Linux (compile in) and make<br>> the rest<br>>> > modules...<br>>> ><br>>> > On 8/29/05, *Cyber Source* < <a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">
peter@thecybersource.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a>><br>>> <mailto: <a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com
</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a>>><br>>> > <mailto: <a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a><br>> <mailto:
<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a>><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">
peter@thecybersource.com</a>>>>> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> > That's where I was going, sounds like v4l is not<br>> compiled<br>>> into the<br>>> > kernel. In slack can you apt-get a new kernel or is
<br>> everything<br>>> > compile city?<br>>> ><br>>> > David W. Aquilina wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> > >On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 05:28:50PM -0400, Frank
<br>> Kumro wrote:<br>>> > ><br>>> > ><br>>> > >>In the menuconfig I only see one option for v4l<br>> and its<br>>> compiled in.
<br>>> > >>(Mulitmedia devices --> Video For Linux). I dont know<br>>> where any<br>>> > other<br>>> > >>options would be.<br>>> > >>
<br>>> > >><br>>> > ><br>>> > >It's been a while since I've rolled a kernel for<br>> myself, so I'm<br>>> > not sure where the option would be for different
<br>> versions of<br>>> V4L.<br>>> > I should be able to poke around tonight for that.<br>>> > ><br>>> > >Do you have a System.map file anywhere that you
<br>> can look at? It<br>>> > should list the symbols in the kernel, if you don't<br>> see any<br>>> that<br>>> > match v4l2 then I'd say it's likely you don't have it
<br>>> compiled in..<br>>> > ><br>>> > >And yup, I'm the same David.<br>>> > ><br>>> > ><br>>> > ><br>>> > >
<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > --<br>>> > Frank<br>>> > Shenanigans!!<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>
>> --<br>>> Frank<br>>> Shenanigans!!<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Frank<br>> Shenanigans!!<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Frank<br>> Shenanigans!!
<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Frank<br>Shenanigans!!