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On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote: |
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> --- On Mon, 29/9/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu- |
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clausthal.de> wrote: |
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> > From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> |
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> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux |
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> > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> > Date: Monday, 29 September, 2008, 10:59 AM |
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> > On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote: |
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> > > Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get my new |
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> > Hauppage USB tv stick to |
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> > > work under linux. |
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> > > I have been constantly perplexed by references to |
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> > compilable kernel modules |
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> > > I couldn't see! I assumed it was because they |
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> > referred to old modules or |
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> > > something. |
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> > > But having downloaded and booted into Knoppix and run |
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> > make menuconfig on |
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> > > that i have confirmed that kernel seems to have |
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> > 10's of TV card chipset |
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> > > drivers availible to compile whereas |
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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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> > > Can someone offer me some assistance as to why this |
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> > might be? |
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> > > Thank you |
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> > > (This is my first mailing list post - please be |
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> > gentle!) |
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> > > ----------------------- |
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> > > N: Jon Hardcastle |
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> > > E: Jon@×××××××××××.com |
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> > > 'The writing is on the wall...' |
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> > > ----------------------- |
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> > because a large part of the dvb/tv drivers are 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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> > For my dvb-t stick I need to checkout a mercurial 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 option to add |
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> support as a kernel module. Should the mercurial add 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 doesn't touch any |
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configs at all. |