[linux-dvb] Re: Need help getting firmware to load

[bob <bobself@charter.net>]

Philipp Stucke wrote:

> Hi bob,
>
> On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 08:27 -0400, bob wrote:
>  
> > Running gentoo 2.6.9 with dvb-ttpci compiled into the kernel. When the 
> > system boots I get the error message
> >
> > saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
> > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> > saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem d0810e00 (revision 1, irq 11) (0x13c2,0x0003).
> > dvb-ttpci: cannot request firmware!
> > file not found: dvb-ttpci-01.fw
> >
> > I've checked everything I can think of. Can someone help?
> >    
> double-check /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent.
>
> It *used* to point to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware but it did change in
> gentoo-land to somewhere else, so that might be the problem. Either copy
> the firmware to the new location or change the firmware.agent config
> file to point to whatever directory you have the firmware in.
>
>  
> > the complete diary of what I've tried to get this running is at www.toadhaul.org/linux.php
> > It includes a link to my current /usr/src/linux/.config file at the bottom
> >
> > thanks,
> > bob
> >    
> With kind regards, Phil
>  
here's my firmware.agent:  http://www.toadhaul.org/firmware.agent
The directory location looks ok to me.

bob