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From: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN <king@××××××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] bttv option in kernel?
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:00:38
Message-Id: 12935851.77581227229234065.JavaMail.root@mx1.canmail.org
1 Hello all i am need some help getting a video capture card working it supposedly uses the bttv driver. It shows itself in lspci like this only 4 times cause it has for chips i think.
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3 03:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
4 03:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
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6 However i cannot find the bttv driver only the btcx_risc (successor) did some googling and found this post http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-696747-highlight-bttv.html
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8 My problem is similar i think but cannot seem to get it sorted could someone please kindly give me a hand? I have pasted a few bits of my .config file that i think might be relative.
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10 # CONFIG_TELCLOCK is not set
11 CONFIG_DEVPORT=y
12 CONFIG_I2C=y
13 CONFIG_I2C_BOARDINFO=y
14 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
15
16 #
17 # I2C Algorithms
18 #
19 CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=y
20 CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCF=m
21 CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCA=m
22
23 #
24 # Multimedia devices
25 #
26 CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=y
27 CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_COMMON=y
28 CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1=y
29 CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT=y
30 CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2=y
31 CONFIG_VIDEO_CAPTURE_DRIVERS=y
32 # CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG is not set
33 CONFIG_VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO=y
34 CONFIG_VIDEO_WM8775=m
35 CONFIG_VIDEO_CX2341X=m
36 # CONFIG_VIDEO_VIVI is not set
37 ..snip..
38 # CONFIG_VIDEO_HEXIUM_GEMINI is not set
39 CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88=m
40 CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88_BLACKBIRD=m
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42 ps here is a uname -a for good luck hehe
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44 Linux hellen 2.6.25-gentoo-r9CKV1 #5 SMP Thu Nov 20 16:25:22 MST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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46 http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@×××.org/msg33709.html
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Re: [gentoo-user] bttv option in kernel? Chris Thomas <sruchris@×××××.com>