But now it's enough! You're in bed and I'm working on your problem. The perpetual samaritan... Found something and my dumb hunch might be right on... Read this... <http://www.linuxinfoserver.de/forums/showthread.php?t=148978&goto=nextnewest> "hi! hab die karte in einen anderen pci-slot eingebaut - und siehe da - es funktioniert! (tippe auf einen irq konflikt) thx woifi" Ok. :-) What he said is, "I installed the card into another pci-slot - and look here - it works! (I suspect an irq conflict)." I hope this really is what happened with your card. kwhiskers Over and out. for real :-) On Apr 11, 2005 2:31 AM, kwhiskers <kwhiskers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think I'm onto something. I have to stop this! For all I know, > you've already done this. > > I was looking at a German list and somebody was talking about portmap. > Do you have that installed? I don't know if it's relevant, but I have > it, if that means anything. > > Next, the idea of bios keeps coming up over and over again, in french > and german lists. Here is found one that talks about irq7 and acpi. > Here's the link, maybe there's a clue: > > <http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/8/42884.html> > > I have to fget to bed. This ought to keep you busy. > > Pete > > On Apr 11, 2005 2:05 AM, kwhiskers <kwhiskers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Just another thing. I had kind of glanced over all those capital > > letters at the bottom of your oputput snippet. But it says: SCERR. > > That has to mean S.C. Error, don't you think? Have you typed this one > > line into google? > > > > I don't know much about the BIOS, but are you sure your bios settings > > are correct for the interrupts required for the particular slot the > > card is in? Have you tried putting it into a different slot? I have > > even heard things like some cards don't like to be after another... > > that they have to come first. How about swapping the order of the bttv > > with another card? > > > > Have you read the readme and docs for v4l (Video for Linux) that come > > with the kernel? They're in the kernel source package under > > Documentation, but might be under /usr/share/doc somewhere, too. > > > > You could also post the entire dmesg. > > > > Have you gone on the video-for-linux list? > > > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg05511.html> > > > > Celui-ci est en français, mais... > > <http://forum.hardware.fr/hardwarefr/OSAlternatifs/repondre-35962-1.htm> > > > > Don't you hate those idiots who say, "This is not the proper list...." > > <http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2003-June/008258.html> > > > > <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/private/video4linux-list/> > > > > <https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-December/msg00391.html> > > > > Maybe you've already done some of this. Just some ideas. > > > > kwhiskers > > > > volunteerism is helping, wherever one is > > > > On Apr 11, 2005 1:34 AM, kwhiskers <kwhiskers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > John, > > > > > > I don't quite understand 100%. The bootup output says the card is > > > automatically detected and loaded to dev/video0 at boot. Yet, you say > > > that when you have to reboot, you have to manually modprobe it? You > > > mean to say that when you cold boot the pc, it loads, but when you do > > > a reboot, it doesn't? > > > > > > {Thanks for the tip about dev/audio. Does dev/audio work with alsa, or > > > only the old, uh, what are they called, oss drivers? I could never > > > figure out why I was only getting video, but no sound. LOL} > > > > > > Well, until it all gets solved, why don't you just put the modprobe > > > bttv into the rc.local for a while and perhaps we'll think of > > > something in the days to come? Maybe someone else has some knowhow. > > > Unfortunately, it seems that not so many people are into these tv > > > cards. They're big in Europe, but this side of the Großer Teich, most > > > just want their humungous television sets. Me, I like to see tv in a > > > little window on my monitor and would like to use my hard drive as a > > > video machine. > > > > > > So, how is MythTV? I have perused the setup instructions some, but > > > thought I'd let it mature a bit before I give it a try. I think it was > > > up to 0.15 when I last looked. I would be fascinated to get it going, > > > but dread the thought of yet another reason to sit at this screen for > > > a whole week until 5 am. I keep saying that, but in the 20+ years of > > > hobbying around with these machines, I have learned that even the > > > dumbest little problem costs a gruelling, mind-wracking and sleepless > > > week. Always! I just can't seem to get around it. But then it's 100% > > > solved. > > > > > > I don't think it could be Conexant. What is significant, I think, is > > > that it is the bt878 chip. But I can't be positive, of course. > > > > > > I had a difficulty when I first got my card going. I also have a > > > webcam and the webcam would get discovered and loaded before the frame > > > grabber. I had to manually remove the webcam modules to free video0, > > > then load the ati frame grabber and let it become video0 and then > > > reload the webcam to make it video1 (yes, I put this into rc.local for > > > a while). It was a pain, but when we transitioned from the old > > > modules.conf to modprobe.conf, it just resolved itself. Now, the bttv > > > frame grabber is automatically video0 without me intervening. Do you > > > have a webcam or some similar device that might be messing things up? > > > Have you studied the boot output line by line to see if there are any > > > errors somewhere or the system making guesses because of an ambiguity > > > or misconfiguration somewhere? I don't think there was much in your > > > modprobe.conf, just a sound card and the bttv, I think. Do you have > > > any other devices that should be there that you're getting loaded just > > > by luck? There must be a glitch somewhere. The bttv is suposed to be > > > the best supported tv capture card for Linux. > > > > > > Sorry I couldn't be of any further help, but keep posting your > > > thoughts, suspicions, and results and maybe the background radiation > > > of our thoughts will turn up something while we're not thinking. > > > > > > Pete, er, uh... kwhiskers ;-) > > > > > > On Apr 11, 2005 12:10 AM, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > John L. Pierce wrote: > > > > > > > > >kwhiskers, the card has worked flawlessly for about 1 month now, tvtime, > > > > >zapping, xawtv, and even recording live tv with mythtv. > > > > > > > > > >All of this since day I installed the card. > > > > > > > > > >I have no complaints with its operation, the problem has always been the > > > > >loading of the bttv module at boot time. If for any reason I have to > > > > >reboot the system I must manually modprobe bttv to load it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > The goal is of course to get it to work without manually fiddling with > > > > anything. Do file a bug report in bugzilla.redhat.com > > > > > > > > regards > > > > Rahul > > > > > > > > -- > > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > > >
