lol yea i have the cable connected. I added the line card=2 so now my modprobe.conf has this in it<br><br>alias char-major-81-0 bttv<br>options tuner type=2 tuner=2 card=2<br><br>No luck still. What logs do you want me to look at? Here is the two lines i get from dmesg
<br><br>bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded<br>bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture<br><br>I was reading some docs and if I supply the card and type then a xawtv -hwscan should not return UNKNOWN...but here is the output
<br><br>/dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ]<br> type : v4l2<br> name : UNKNOWN/GENERIC<br> flags: overlay capture tuner <br><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;">
Do you have the cable connected? What are the logs saying?<br><br>Frank Kumro wrote:<br><br>> Well i have that in my modprobe file, rebooted, module is loaded,<br>> still nothing. Wow this is getting agervating :(<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>> 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<br>> 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><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fkumro@gmail.com">fkumro@gmail.com</a>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fkumro@gmail.com">fkumro@gmail.com</a><br>> <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<br>> 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>><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>> > You want NTSC and US-CABLE. If you can't get any<br>> 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<br>> 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>> ><br>> >> <mailto: <a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a> <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>>>><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><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>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Frank<br>> Shenanigans!!
<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Frank<br>Shenanigans!!