Error loading bt878 module

[Cyber Source]

As long as that option is put in when you load the module you should be 
all set but if you don't put it in your modprobe, you'll have to do it 
every time you want to use the card or in some script when you fire up 
whatever app your going to use. btw MythTV rocks!

Frank Kumro wrote:

> Peter,
>   I not to keen on putting stuff in modprobe so would this fly? (i got 
> it from the kernel docs)
>
> # i2c
> alias char-major-89     i2c-dev
> options i2c-core        i2c_debug=1
> options i2c-algo-bit    bit_test=1
>
> # bttv
> alias char-major-81     videodev
> alias char-major-81-0   bttv
> options bttv            card=2 radio=1
> options tuner          type=2 debug=1
>
>
> On 8/29/05, * Cyber Source* <peter at thecybersource.com 
> <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>> wrote:
>
>     You want NTSC and US-CABLE. If you can't get any stations at all its
>     most likely that the tuner option is not set. It is probably type 2.
>     Check your logs, it's probably screaming about no tuner set. Your
>     going
>     to need a line like "options tuner type=2" in your modprobe file.
>     Look
>     in the kernel docs on the bttv module for specifics but if memory
>     serves, that is exactly the line you need.
>
>     Frank Kumro wrote:
>
>     > Well i got it working...turns out the it wasnt compiled (sry guys i
>     > was mistaken). However I cannot get any stations to show. I tried
>     > xawtv and tvtime. I want to use scantv that is *suppose* to come
>     with
>     > xawtv but it is no where to be found. Our cable is NTSC and
>     which of
>     > the following (us-bcast,us-cable,us-cablehsc)?
>     >
>     > On 8/29/05, *Cyber Source* <peter at thecybersource.com
>     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>
>     > <mailto: peter at thecybersource.com
>     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Sounds like a major pain. EVERY time I have tried to compile a
>     >     kernel it
>     >     either didnt work or I left something out or it just acted
>     weird
>     >     after,
>     >     never had any luck doing a kernel compile. If it didnt take
>     >     forever or
>     >     we could get a fast machine in for a meeting, I would love
>     to see a
>     >     demo, when/if we start having meetings again.
>     >
>     >     Frank Kumro wrote:
>     >
>     >     > well i can install an older kernel but i just compiled
>     mine with
>     >     > patricks (the creator) config file and just added stuff I
>     need.
>     >     I will
>     >     > make sure by recompiling the kernel that v4l is compiled
>     in. All i
>     >     > have to select is Video For Linux (compile in) and make
>     the rest
>     >     > modules...
>     >     >
>     >     > On 8/29/05, *Cyber Source* < peter at thecybersource.com
>     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>
>     >     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com
>     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>
>     >     > <mailto: peter at thecybersource.com
>     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>
>     >     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com
>     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     That's where I was going, sounds like v4l is not compiled
>     >     into the
>     >     >     kernel. In slack can you apt-get a new kernel or is
>     everything
>     >     >     compile city?
>     >     >
>     >     >     David W. Aquilina wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     >On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 05:28:50PM -0400, Frank Kumro
>     wrote:
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >>In the menuconfig I only see one option for v4l and its
>     >     compiled in.
>     >     >     >>(Mulitmedia devices --> Video For Linux). I dont know
>     >     where any
>     >     >     other
>     >     >     >>options would be.
>     >     >     >>
>     >     >     >>
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >It's been a while since I've rolled a kernel for
>     myself, so I'm
>     >     >     not sure where the option would be for different
>     versions of
>     >     V4L.
>     >     >     I should be able to poke around tonight for that.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >Do you have a System.map file anywhere that you can
>     look at? It
>     >     >     should list the symbols in the kernel, if you don't
>     see any
>     >     that
>     >     >     match v4l2 then I'd say it's likely you don't have it
>     >     compiled in..
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >And yup, I'm the same David.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > --
>     >     > Frank
>     >     > Shenanigans!!
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > Frank
>     > Shenanigans!!
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Frank
> Shenanigans!!