> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul F. Johnson > Sent: 09 January 2006 09:29 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Hardware configuring. > > > Hi, > > > I am in the process of moving from Mandriva 2006 to FC4. I > am having > > problems configuring my TV card. Both Mandriva and FC4 > failed to auto > > detect it. In Mandriva I went into Mandriva Control Centre, > Hardware, > > TV card I could then enter the card and tuner type there. > > Which card is it and more over, any idea which chip set it uses? > > > However I cannot seem to find an equivalent of MCC in FC4. Is this > > because I chose KDE and did not install Gnome? > > No. > > > Or is command line time? > > Without knowing a bit more, it's hard to say, but kudzu > should really have picked it up if it's something that it > knows. Just to make sure do the following > > open a terminal window > /sbin/lspci > > (mine shows up as > 02:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation > Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11) 02:07.1 Multimedia controller: > Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11) > > (lspci should show you everything connected, even if the > system hasn't loaded the modules) > > /sbin/lsmod > > (mine shows [amongst others] > Module name used by > bttv bt878 > video_buf bttv > i2c_algo_bit bttv > v4l2_common bttv > btcx_risc bttv > tveeprom bttv > videodev bttv > i2c_core tuner,tad9887,msp3400,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom > > The important module there is v4l2_common - the video4linux module > > The MCC module? By the looks of it, you need to download the > sdk from http://www.mccengineering.com/linuxsdks.htm - > compile and install then add a line to modprobe.conf to > autoload the module on reboot. But without actually knowing > the make of the TV card... > > TTFN > > Paul It's a miro pctv. I think I just need to set the card type=1 tuner=7. If there is no GUI option to set this, as in Mandrake Control Centre on Mandriva, I'll use the command line to set it in conf.modules or modprobe.conf. Thanks for the reply. Steve.
