On Saturday 16 December 2006 14:15, John Bowden wrote: > On Saturday 16 December 2006 10:41, Markku Kolkka wrote: > > John Bowden kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 16. > > > > joulukuuta 2006 00:58): > > > Now I have the manufacturers windoz driver disk. What would > > > the firmware file look like, (file extension?) and if its not > > > on the disk where can I find it? > > > > You can download it from > > http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/ > > > > > How do I tell FC to load it > > > preferably automatically at boot. > > > > Copy it to /lib/firmware. > > Did it the newbie way found a rpm on pbone.net after googleing ;-) > > > > Also where can I find > > > linux/Documentation/dvb/ would it be on my hard drive or on > > > Red Hats website? > > > > Install the kernel-doc package or see > > http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/dvb/?v=2.6.18 > > I had all ready installed that package. It was late last night and was not > thinking clearly. Not quite sure what directory they are in. > > > -- > > Markku Kolkka > > markku.kolkka@xxxxxx > > After much tinkering I gave up at about 5am this morning and went to bed, > thinking a clear head would be more productive. Switched the machine on > this morning and hey presto the blue light on the us dvb box came on. Fired > up kaffeine and clicked on the dvb icon at the intro window and it now sees > the dvb box. Did a scan and found a long list of channels. Yahoo! Now all > I have to do is install the missing codacs to view tv and listen to radio. > ;-( -- > registered Linux user number 414240 > Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions > and he was going to blow them up ! Unit is now working after some fun and games with codacs! Now it won't work in windows and I see it has changed from a800 to a801, which is probably whats confusing windows -- registered Linux user number 414240 Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and he was going to blow them up !
