[vdr] Re: No OSD after switching to Kernel 2.6.7

[Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>]

On Samstag, 14. August 2004 01:26, Jörn Reder wrote:
> After some hassle with the DVB drivers (and a major device number which
> should be 212 in Kernel 2.6.7 but IS in fact still 250...), everything 
> seems to be fine but one thing: the on screen display is invisible. :(

The DVB drivers shipped with 2.6.7 are pretty old.
Device number 212 is used by recent dvb-kernel CVS drivers only.

> The system has a Hauppauge Nexus-S full-featured and a Hauppauge Nova 
> budget card. Linux is Debian Woody, with some packages from 
> backports.org to be able to compile and use kernel 2.6.7.
> 
> I recompiled vdr on the running 2.6.7 kernel (pointing DVBDIR to the 
> linux source directory). So everything should be consistent with the new
> kernel.
> 
> I also tried all three different firmware versions from linuxtv.org 
> (since the release notes mentions changes regarding OSD functionality):
> without any difference.

OSD support has been enhanced, not dropped. ;-)

> Anyone with some useful hints where to dig? If you need more information
> (log output etc.), please let me know.

Enable av7110 OSD support in your kernel and recompile the drivers.
Apparently this option is disabled in many distribution kernels.

HTH
Oliver