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updated installation instructions

Configuration:

- Make sure that the kernel sources of the kernel you are using (NOT the
  sources of some other kernel) are in the directory /usr/src/linux.
  Otherwise, change the path for KERNEL_LOCATION in DVB/driver/Makefile.
  Note that the configuration of the driver sources also has to match that
  of the kernel you are running.
  You have to have the i2c and videodev drivers enabled in your kernel
  to use the DVB driver.

- Login as root, change to the directory DVB/driver and type "make".

- If everything compiled without errors, type "make insmod" to install
  the modules.
  During the installation of the modules your PC can "hang" for one or
  two seconds. This happens during the loading of the ARM application
  ("firmware") into the DRAM of the AV7110 and is normal.

- if you don't use devfs, execute DVB/driver/makedev.napi to create
  the device nodes

- apps/szap/ contains three simple applications for zapping with
  DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T cards; read the comments in
  apps/szap/szap.c for instructions

- if your card has a hardware MPEG2 decoder you can watch TV
  with e.g. xawtv; otherwise you need a software MPEG2 decoder
  like mplayer or vlc

If you want to use tuxzap:

- Change to DVB/libdvb and type "make"

- Now change to DVB/apps/tuxzap and read the instructions

- The tuxzap package contains several gtk applications for DVB-S reception
  read the instructions in the apps/tuxzap directory for more information
  Sample config files for the tuxzap applications are in DVB/apps/
  copy them to .dvbrc.