[linux-dvb] Re: 2.6.7 kernel and Device Major Numbers

[Brian McKerr <brian@mckerrs.net>]

Brian McKerr wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I've just installed my PVR with a fresh copy of Fedora Core 2 (kernel 
> 2.6.5) and upgraded the kernel to the latest 2.6.7.  Now I have a 
> problem using dvbstream and  I get the following error;
>
> FRONTEND DEVICE: : No such device or address
> FE_GET_INFO: : Bad file descriptor
>
>
> it would appear to be related to the major device numbers for my DVB 
> card (nebula). I modified the MAKDEV script to create the devices as 
> major 212 , as per the announcement, however when I load up my modules 
> I still get major number 250 for DVB in /proc/devices;
>
> [root@pvr root]# cat /proc/devices
> Character devices:
>  1 mem
>  4 /dev/vc/0
>  4 tty
>  4 ttyS
>  5 /dev/tty
>  5 /dev/console
>  5 /dev/ptmx
>  6 lp
>  7 vcs
> 10 misc
> 13 input
> 21 sg
> 29 fb
> 36 netlink
> 81 video4linux
> 128 ptm
> 136 pts
> 180 usb
> 216 rfcomm
> 250 DVB
>
>
> I've tried reloading, rebooting etc all to no avail. I even tried the 
> suggestion from someone (earlier on the list) like this entry in 
> /etc/modprobe.conf;
>
> alias char-major-212 nxt6000
>
>
> But it doesnt appear to change /proc/devices and and I'm not sure 
> which 'DVB' module/s it should apply to ? just front end ?
>
> So tell me please, what is the (simplest) fix ?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Brian.
Apart from the obvious 'go back to 2.6.5'.