Re: DVB-S and driver problem ...

[Szymon Polom <polom@convergence.de>]

Hi...

> I have a Technisat SkyStar1 and I got the drivers for this card
> (siemens_dvb-0.6.tar.gz and dvbrouter.tar.gz) but is not working ...
> 
>     I have Slackware 7.1 installed and I tried on different kernels:
> 2.2.16, 2.2.14 & 2.2.13 but is not working ...
> 
>     I compiled the drivers and use "make insmod" the modules were
> installed but the dvbd is not working ... I search for the problem and I
> fount that the device "video" is not created in /dev ...
> 
>     Is anybody tehre who had the same problem? CAN YOU HELP ME? I must
> use a special option in kernel?

No, you don't have to enable special kernel parameters. A simple

MAKEDEV video

in the directory /dev/ while being root did it for me the last time. You
can learn more about the device creation process by typing 

man MAKEDEV

and reading the manual.

Hope it helps.

Bye... SP.

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