xawtv

[vlok stone]

maybe this may help 
http://pvrusb.sourceforge.net/


--- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Nope, you don't want bttv loaded.  Looks to me like
> you have a video
> module called usbvision loaded.  That is the device
> that we want to
> work with.  I did a little poking around in google
> and found a bunch
> of pages about this thing.
> 
> I need all of the information from the 'lsmod'
> command.  I need to
> know if the module 'tuner' is loaded.
> 
> The reason that you couldn't remove the i2c modules
> is that they are
> used by the 'usbvision' module.  It looks like
> you're very close to
> having it work.  We may need to add a 'tuner type=x'
> type flag where
> the 'x' is the tuner type number to the
> /etc/modules.conf file.
> 
> Peter, what was the option that we put in your
> machine for the tuner?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Bob
> --- Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
> > Still haven't quite got it.
> > 
> > Looked at dmesg:
> > 
> > hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2.1, assigned
> address 3
> > usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4a7/0x201) is not
> claimed by any active
> > driver.
> > hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2.2, assigned
> address 4
> > usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x573/0x4d00) is
> not claimed by any active
> > driver.
> > hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2.3, assigned
> address 5
> > usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x572/0x1) is not
> claimed by any active
> > driver.
> > i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.7.0
> (20021208)
> > i2c-algo-usb.o: i2c usb algorithm module
> > Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> > usb.c: registered new driver usbvision
> > usbvision: HAUPPAUGE WINTV-USB USA found
> > i2c-algo-usb.o: hw routines for usbvision #0
> registered.
> > 
> > /etc/modules.conf: (I added the bttv line)
> > 
> > probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> > alias eth0 tulip
> > alias sound-slot-0 es1371
> > probeall usb-interface usb-uhci
> > alias eth1 3c59x
> > options bttv tuner=1
> > 
> > lsmod shows:
> > 
> > usbvision              77872   0
> > videodev                7872   1 [usbvision]
> > i2c-algo-usb            2844   1 [usbvision]
> > i2c-core               21192   0 [i2c-algo-usb]
> > usb-uhci               24652   0 (unused)
> > usbcore                72992   1 [usbvision
> usb-uhci]
> > 
> > Then I tried the rmmod:
> > 
> > [root at localhost bigbird]# rmmod -vr i2c-algo-usb
> i2c-core
> > rmmod: i2c-algo-usb is in use
> > rmmod: i2c-core is in use
> > 
> > I think I got the same thing when I reversed the
> order of modules in the
> > command.  I notice that the activity led on the
> USBTV is lit.
> > 
> > I tried rebooting with the TV unplugged.  The i2c
> modules went away as
> > expected, but I didn't know what to do next. 
> depmod -a didn't do anything
> > visibe, because there wasn't any video stuff
> loaded.
> > 
> > I think what I need to do next is put the modprobe
> bttv in an init script
> > somewhere so it gets there before the i2c stuff is
> loaded.
> > 
> > Did I miss something?  What do I try next?
> > 
> > Thanks.  Joe
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Meyer" <meyer_rm at yahoo.com>
> > To: <nflug at nflug.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: xawtv
> > 
> > 
> > > Hmmm... Methinks you need to tell the tuner
> driver what tuner module you
> > > have.  I think that the thing needs something
> like:
> > > options bttv tuner=1
> > > or some such in /etc/modules.conf.  Take a look
> at /var/log/messages or
> > run
> > > the 'dmesg' command and look for references to
> the video device to find
> > > out what the type is.  I suspect that all
> Hauppauge devices use bt878
> > > type video devices but the tuner has to be
> identified.  I think that there
> > > are something like 8 of them.  After you make
> the change, you need to
> > > 'rmmod' the 'i2c-core' device and everything
> listed to the right of it
> > > when you do an 'lsmod'.  You will need to edit
> /etc/modules.conf to add
> > the
> > > line, type 'depmod -a', remove the modules and
> then do a 'modprobe bttv'.
> > > You may have to try several 'tuner=' numbers
> until you get it.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps...
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Bob
> > > --- Joe Pollock <josephj at buffnet.net> wrote:
> > > > Thanks to Bob Meyer, I now have Mandrake 9.1
> rc 2 on my machine!  I'm
> > > > working on getting xawtv to work with my
> Hauppauge WINTV USB.  The
> > program
> > > > runs, but has no channels to select and
> displays a black screen.  When I
> > run
> > > > the companion program - scantv - which sets up
> the channel list for
> > xawtv,
> > > > it starts up, asks a few initial questions and
> then fails with the
> > following
> > > > message:
> > > >
> > > > vbi: open failed [/dev/v41/vbi0]
> > > > /dev/v41/vbi0 no such file or directory
> > > >
> > > > I checked, it doesn't exist.  /dev/v41/ is
> there.
> > > >
> > > > I did a quick Google search and found some
> stuff on /dev/vbi, but
> > nothing
> > > > with a v41 in it.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas on how to fix this or what driver it
> needs?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > 
> 
> 
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