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Annotation of DVB/INSTALL, revision 1.9

1.1       cvs         1: Configuration:
                      2: 
                      3: - Make sure that the kernel sources of the kernel you are using (NOT the
                      4:   sources of some other kernel) are in the directory /usr/src/linux.
                      5:   Otherwise, change the path for KERNEL_LOCATION in DVB/driver/Makefile.
                      6:   Note that the configuration of the driver sources also has to match that
                      7:   of the kernel you are running.
1.4       mocm        8:   You have to have the i2c and videodev drivers enabled in your kernel
                      9:   to use the DVB driver.
1.1       cvs        10: 
1.9     ! holger     11: - Make sure that your kernel has enabled: 
        !            12: 
        !            13:     video4linux support (CONFIG_VIDEODEV),
        !            14:     Input Core Support (CONFIG_INPUT) and 
        !            15:     event device support (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV)
        !            16: 
1.1       cvs        17: - Login as root, change to the directory DVB/driver and type "make".
                     18: 
                     19: - If everything compiled without errors, type "make insmod" to install
                     20:   the modules.
                     21:   During the installation of the modules your PC can "hang" for one or
1.4       mocm       22:   two seconds. This happens during the loading of the ARM application
                     23:   ("firmware") into the DRAM of the AV7110 and is normal.
1.8       js         24: 
                     25: - if you don't use devfs, execute DVB/driver/makedev.napi to create
                     26:   the device nodes
                     27: 
                     28: - apps/szap/ contains three simple applications for zapping with
                     29:   DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T cards; read the comments in
                     30:   apps/szap/szap.c for instructions
                     31: 
                     32: - if your card has a hardware MPEG2 decoder you can watch TV
                     33:   with e.g. xawtv; otherwise you need a software MPEG2 decoder
                     34:   like mplayer or vlc
                     35: 
                     36: If you want to use tuxzap:
1.1       cvs        37: 
1.2       cvs        38: - Change to DVB/libdvb and type "make"
                     39: 
1.4       mocm       40: - Now change to DVB/apps/tuxzap and read the instructions
1.1       cvs        41: 
1.4       mocm       42: - The tuxzap package contains several gtk applications for DVB-S reception
                     43:   read the instructions in the apps/tuxzap directory for more information
                     44:   Sample config files for the tuxzap applications are in DVB/apps/
1.7       holger     45:   copy them to .dvbrc.
1.1       cvs        46: