Re: DVB on Debian



On 2005-12-05, a_n_d_y_bell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <a_n_d_y_bell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Relevant info:
> 1. lspci turns up my PCI connexant chip ok.
> 2. DVB is compiled as a module in my 2.6.12 kernel; modprobe dvb_core,
> modprobe budget_core etc. run without complaint.

modprobe cx8800; modprobe cx88-dvb might be more apropos.

> 3. I don't have /dev/video0 etc. Running as root
> cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV video
> seems to have no effect - no errors produced, but no devices created
> either.

Google udev?

> 6. I tried downloading the latest cvs DVB thing from Linuxtv (but I
> half suspect this is only for pre-2.6.10 kernels, which don't have DVB
> drivers built in, no?). As stated in the INSTALL file, I have
> /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/build pointing to the kernel sources
> that I last built. But running make produces
> Makefile:102: /lib/modules/2.6.12/build/Rules.make: No such file or
> directory

I'm not sure I believe you. You definitely compiled the kernel with "DVB
for Linux" and "DVB Core" and you're using the latest v4l-dvb CVS?

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