Myhtv 0.2 - 2.6.18 gentoo-rc3 & ivtv 0.80

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

I am trying to get ivtv to work with the pvr-350.
I emerged ivtv 0.80 from portage and mythtv also seems to be working fine.
but ivtv doesn't seem to recognize the pvr-350.
Yes, I enabled everything in the kernel that needs to be set.

I searched quite a bit and didn't find anything that addresses this issue with ivtv.
I believe that the firmware is in the correct directory.

If anyone knows of a good walk through on installing ivtv and the pvr-350 please let me know.
ivtv 0.80 should be the correct version for my kernel.

ANY help is appreciated.
Thanks

Bobnoxous · Apprentice Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 240

The first step in debugging ivtv is to look at your logs after you load the module. Running dmesg, you should see something like START IVTV and END IVTV in the logs, and it'll clearly tell you if it found the device if it was able to load the firmware, etc.
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Hobbes-X · l33t Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 823 Location: Seattle, WA

It doesn't cover installation, but the MythTv wiki has some configuration tips for it: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pvr350

As bobnoxious said, dmesg is the best place to start for tracking down problems.

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

In dmesg there are no entries at all for ivtv.

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

correction after

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

nickrout · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:04 am Post subject:

perhaps a silly question, but did you install ivtv AFTER you did your last kernel compile?

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

yes I did.
During the compile there were warnings about the cx... as unknow symbols.

Thanks so much for your help

nickrout · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:44 am Post subject:

CX2341 is the mpeg encoder chip, so I suspect is part of ivtv rather than the kernel proper.

googling

beandog · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:57 am Post subject:

Please always use the latest version of ivtv, regardless of whether its stable or not.
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wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

Ok, I googled it and all the hits are stumped users with the same error.
no solutions

nickrout · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:20 am Post subject:

according to this http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Main_Page you should be using 0.8.2, although whether you will find an ebuild is unknown to me.

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

I am using ivtv 0.8.2.
Portage won't let me install anything above that.

nickrout · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:22 am Post subject:

Make up your mind:

feld · Guru Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 593 Location: WI, USA

pteppic · l33t Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 781

What's the output of

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

I tried both 0.82 & 0.80.
Same errors for both.

Thanks everyone for their input.

I decided to try the pvr-350 in another machine, so I wil be abandoning this project for now.

beandog · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject:

beandog · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject:

wbrokow1 · Guru Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 372

my make modules_install:

beandog · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:28 am Post subject:

Bah, I see what it is now.

Youre missing modules, and the latest ebuild will tell you which one (0.8.2-r1).

In short, enable VIDEO_CX88. If that still doesnt work, post this: