Talk:AVerMedia A828

Hi.

This isn't working on openSUSE 11.4 with kernel 2.6.37.1, 32 bits. Everything compiles OK, but when inserting a828.ko I have the following error message if I use the installer.sh script (generated in /tmp/vm-install when you run sh AVERMEDIA-Linux-x86-A828-0.28-beta.sh):

  FATAL: Error inserting a828 (/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/a828.ko):
  Invalid argument

or the next one if I run it from the console:

  insmod: error inserting './a828.ko': -1 Invalid parameters

Greetings.

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Hi,

Could you try again, and show what this command returns :

  dmesg

Greetings,

ColdSun

Hello.

I was a bit tired because of the bad support and when I asked AVerMedia about new drivers they send me an email saying that the Linux support has ceased. Then I bought a Pinnacle nanostick and I don't use AVerMedia anymore. Because now I'm using kernel 2.6.39 I think that the output of dmesg may not be meaningful for you since things may have changed again.

Anyway, thank you for your time and effort.

Greetings.

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Hi

Thanks for your efforts on producing this Wiki page. I managed to use the info to get my Avermedia A828 USB TV stick to work on Linux, on Ubuntu 11.04 via MythTV. Now I've tried Ubuntu 11.10 with Kernel 3.0.0-0300, and I get a compilation issue:

/A828-expert-install/aver/osdep_th2.c:78:28: fatal error: linux/smp_lock.h: No such file or directory

This is because linux/smp_lock.h has now been deleted because of removal of the Big Kernel lock. I've deleted every instance of:

1. include <linux/smp_lock.h>

In the following files:

aver/osdep_dvb.c aver/osdep_th2.c aver/osdep.c aver/osdep_v4l2.c

The make command compiled successfully.

Regards Mark