--- DVB/INSTALL 2001/01/06 00:47:20 1.3 +++ DVB/INSTALL 2001/05/18 09:58:14 1.4 @@ -5,36 +5,29 @@ Configuration: 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 should NOT have the kernel version of the i2c driver installed. - The videodev driver can be installed, but you could then get some - error messages below. But the driver should still work. - - It is better if you do not have any parts of Video4Linux installed - into the kernel when testing the DVB driver. - I hope our changes will soon be in the standard kernel. The changes are - minimal. Most only define new constants for the DVB hardware. + 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 - and is normal. + two seconds. This happens during the loading of the ARM application + ("firmware") into the DRAM of the AV7110 and is normal. You should also see a picture of Pro7 on the composite output now (only if you have an LNB pointing on Astra 1e connected to the antenna input of course). If you do not get a picture this might be the fault of a still unresolved timing problem on some hardware. But the driver should still work with the - gVideo application. + tuxzap application. - Change to DVB/libdvb and type "make" -- Now change to DVB/apps and type "make" +- Now change to DVB/apps/tuxzap and read the instructions -- gVideo is a gtk application for DVB-S reception - a sample config file for Astra is in DVB/apps/xtvrc.astra - move this file to ~/.xtvrc - The format of this file is still changing a lot! +- 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.