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> > > On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle |
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> wrote: |
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> > > > Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get |
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> my new |
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> > > |
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> > > Hauppage USB tv stick to |
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> > > > work under linux. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I have been constantly perplexed by |
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> references to |
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> > > |
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> > > compilable kernel modules |
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> > > |
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> > > > I couldn't see! I assumed it was because |
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> they |
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> > > referred to old modules or |
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> > > |
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> > > > something. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > But having downloaded and booted into |
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> Knoppix and run |
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> > > |
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> > > make menuconfig on |
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> > > |
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> > > > that i have confirmed that kernel seems to |
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> have |
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> > > |
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> > > 10's of TV card chipset |
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> > > |
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> > > > drivers availible to compile whereas |
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> > > |
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> > > gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources emerged |
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> > > > on my machine have maybe 2 or 3. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Can someone offer me some assistance as to |
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> why this |
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> > > |
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> > > might be? |
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> > > |
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> > > > Thank you |
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> > > > |
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> > > > (This is my first mailing list post - please |
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> be |
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> > > gentle!) |
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> > > |
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> > > because a large part of the dvb/tv drivers are |
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> developed |
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> > > outside of the main |
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> > > kernel tree. Also a large part is hidden under |
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> > > experimental. |
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> > > |
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> > > For my dvb-t stick I need to checkout a mercurial |
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> rep and |
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> > > do a make, make |
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> > > install in it do get drivers that work. And with |
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> > > 'work' I mean: no sound on |
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> > > first try, but after disconnecting the stick and |
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> > > reconnecting it, it suddenly |
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> > > works. |
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> > Hi, I went thru this process but i still dont have the |
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> option to add |
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> > support as a kernel module. Should the mercurial add |
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> steps to the |
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> > menuconfig? |
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> no. |
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> it just installs all the drivers in the rep as modules. It |
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> doesn't touch any |
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> configs at all. |
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Hmmm i wonder why i have seen sooo many references to alot more kernel options than i have in either my gentoo-sources or vanilla-sources. Is it possible to 'patch' the kernel source instead of downloading using mercurial. Also how does it 'know' what kernel to make the modules available under? I have 3 sets of kernel code on my machine? |
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