[linux-dvb] Re: how-to for newbies

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Marlow, Robin wrote:
> I downloaded the DVB part of the CVS (it looked like that was effectively
> rc3)
>
> I am using devfs & copied the devfs.conf to /etc/devfs/something i can't
> remember/dvb.conf
> (where all the other devfs.conf files are).  Now if i modprobe dvb-core i
> get a /dev/dvb but nothing in it.
dvb-core implements only the highlevel DVB infrastructure. You have to 
load the additional hardware drivers for your card.

tapping 'make insmod' in the driver directory should load the required 
drivers in the correct order.


> 	When i compile DVB is it finding the right sources for bttv (or does
> this matter?) as the ones in the kernel tree are the standard 2.4.20 ones,
> even though i am running bttv 0.9.4.  When i compile DVB it has lots of
> warnings about reference to previous something (sorry i can't remember
> exactly what & am at uni, so can't try it again atm)....but it doesn't stop
> it.
please report the exact log message.

Holger



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