Error loading bt878 module

Frank Kumro fkumro at gmail.com
Mon Aug 29 21:52:37 EDT 2005


well i read some docs and came up with this

alias char-major-81 bttv
options bttv tuner=2

Module loads and still no stations...what does the tuner=2 mean?


On 8/29/05, Frank Kumro <fkumro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> well i put that into my modprobe.conf and i got errros and then i 
> uncommented the i2c stuff and now matter what I did I would always get 
> /dev/video0 doesnt exist. So i removed all of it and reloaded the 
> module...still /dev/video0 doesnt exist. Its not even showing up now...argh 
> 
> On 8/29/05, Frank Kumro <fkumro at gmail.com> 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> 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>> 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>>> 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!! 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Frank
> Shenanigans!! 




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Frank
Shenanigans!!
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