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From: Jamie Dobbs <jamie.dobbs@×××××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot get TV Card to work
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:53:46
Message-Id: 16508.202.175.143.143.1121748555.squirrel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot get TV Card to work by Nick Rout
1 > Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG,
2 > mythtv, now here.
3
4 True, and I always appreciate the help you offer :-)
5
6 > You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working?
7
8 I cannot tune in to any channels
9
10 > is there a /dev/video/video0?
11
12 Yes:
13
14 jamie@Gir ~ $ ls -lah /dev/video0
15 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 19 14:00 /dev/video0 -> v4l/video0
16 jamie@Gir ~ $ ls /dev/v4l/video0 -lah
17 crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Jul 19 14:00 /dev/v4l/video0
18 jamie@Gir ~ $
19
20 (the permissions on /dev/v4l/video0 don't look right to me and I do get an
21 error that /dev/video0 is not accessible when trying to run xawtv as any
22 user other than root)
23
24 > does xawtv -c /dev/video/video0 give any output?
25
26 I will try this later tonight when I get home.
27
28 >
29 > On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:20:48 +1200 (NZST)
30 > Jamie Dobbs wrote:
31 >
32 >> I've been working on this for several days but do not seem to make any
33 >> progress.
34 >> I have a Pinnacle PCTV Stereo card which is based on the Philips saa7134
35 >> chip. I have recomipled my kernel (2.6.12-gentoo-r6) to include the
36 >> saa7134 module and i2c support as a module.
37 >>
38 >> lsmod output :
39 >>
40 >> Module Size Used by
41 >> tda9887 13144 0
42 >> saa7134 102996 0
43 >> tuner 26920 0
44 >> video_buf 17924 1 saa7134
45 >> v4l2_common 5184 1 saa7134
46 >> v4l1_compat 14084 1 saa7134
47 >> ir_common 6660 1 saa7134
48 >> videodev 7808 1 saa7134
49 >>
50 >> Relevant entries added to my /etc/modules.conf after modules-update is
51 >> run:
52 >> (I am in New Zealand and know that card number and tuner number are
53 >> correct as I have had this card working in Mandrake 10.1 a week or so
54 >> ago)
55 >>
56 >> ### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/saa7134
57 >> options saa7134 card=26 tuner=5 oss=1
58 >>
59 >> ### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/saa7134
60 >>
61 >> ### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/tda9887
62 >> options tda9887 qss=0
63 >>
64 >> ### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/tda9887
65 >>
66 >> My Kernel .config file can be found at
67 >> http://drgnfire.orcon.net.nz/kernel_config
68 >>
69 >> I'd appreciate any feedback on what I might be doing wrong that is
70 >> causing
71 >> the TV Card not to work.
72 >>
73 >> Once I have the card working my aim is to build a MythTV box using this
74 >> card, so any pointers on this would also be appreciated (especially from
75 >> anyone in New Zealand who has experience in this area).
76 >>
77 >> Thanks
78 >>
79 >> Jamie
80 >>
81 >>
82 >> --
83 >> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
84 >
85 > --
86 > Nick Rout
87 >
88 > --
89 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
90 >
91 >
92 >
93 >
94
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot get TV Card to work "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au>