Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel option missing - very frustrating...

[Franz Fellner]

I can't see CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV in your list.

Am So., 15. Dez. 2019 um 19:26 Uhr schrieb Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>:

> Well, I bought a new TV tuner card for MythTV, a Hauppauge QuadHD.
>
> It uses the cx23885 driver, but I can't find it anywhere.
>
> According to menuconfig:
>
> Symbol: VIDEO_CX23885 [=n]
>
>
>
> Type  : tristate
>
>
>
> Prompt: Conexant cx23885 (2388x successor) support
>
>
>    Location:
>      -> Device Drivers
>
>
>          -> Multimedia support (MEDIA_SUPPORT [=y])
>
>
>     (1)     -> Media PCI Adapters (MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT [=y])
>
> But it isn't there.
>
> I checked its dependencies:
>
> Depends on: MEDIA_SUPPORT [=y] &&
>    MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT [=y] &&
>    (MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT [=n] || MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT [=y]) &&
>    DVB_CORE [=y] &&
>    VIDEO_DEV [=n] &&
>    PCI [=y] &&
>    I2C [=y] &&
>    INPUT [=y] &&
>    SND [=y] &&
>    RC_CORE [=y]
>
> ..and... :
>
> # grep
> 'CONFIG_MEDIA_SUPPORT=\|CONFIG_MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT=\|CONFIG_MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT=\|CONFIG_MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT=\|CONFIG_DVB_CORE=\|CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=\|CONFIG_PCI=\|CONFIG_I2C=\|CONFIG_INPUT=\|CONFIG_SND=\|CONFIG_RC_CORE='
>
> .config
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> CONFIG_INPUT=y
> CONFIG_I2C=y
> CONFIG_RC_CORE=y
> CONFIG_MEDIA_SUPPORT=y
> CONFIG_MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT=y
> CONFIG_DVB_CORE=y
> CONFIG_MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT=y
> CONFIG_SND=y
>
> So why on earth isn't it showing? The dependencies should be satisfied.
> I hope someone has some insight... I've had this problem before with
> tuner cards not showing and I can't remember how I fixed it.
>
> Kernel version is 5.4.2, but I also tried 4.14.143 with no difference...
>
>
> Dan
>
>