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Took me forever to get my WinTV card going under 10.0 - what can I
expect with 10.3? Will it finally "work out of the box" or will I again
have to jump through a bunch of hoops?
Thanks...
....Kevin
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Kevin Miller
[url]http://www.alaska.net/~atftb[/url]
Juneau, Alaska
Registered Linux User No: 307357
Kevin Miller wrote:
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> Took me forever to get my WinTV card going under 10.0 - what can I
> expect with 10.3? Will it finally "work out of the box" or will I again
> have to jump through a bunch of hoops?
>
> Thanks...
>
> ...Kevin[/color]
I just installed mine with Suse 10.3 RC1
The ivtv modules are included in the kernel. However, the firmware is
located in /lib/firmware and need to be put in
/lib/modules/ - your kernel # here - /kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug
then things are better. Still trying to install Freevo and haven't gotten
that running yet so there may be more to do.
Ken D.
Ken Dere wrote:[color=blue]
> Kevin Miller wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Took me forever to get my WinTV card going under 10.0 - what can I
>> expect with 10.3? Will it finally "work out of the box" or will I again
>> have to jump through a bunch of hoops?
>>
>> Thanks...
>>
>> ...Kevin[/color]
>
> I just installed mine with Suse 10.3 RC1
>
> The ivtv modules are included in the kernel. However, the firmware is
> located in /lib/firmware and need to be put in
>
> /lib/modules/ - your kernel # here - /kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug
>
> then things are better. Still trying to install Freevo and haven't gotten
> that running yet so there may be more to do.
>
> Ken D.[/color]
Thanks Ken. I just checked - the firmware wasn't installed by default,
so I grabbed it via yast, then copied the firmware file over to hotplug
firmware directory. I'll have to reboot to see that it loads properly
at boot time. Sure a lot easier than it was previously!
In yast there was both ivtv and ivtv firmware. I installed both the
firmware and whatever the other is. The description didn't really
provide much help as to what is actually needed/provided.
But I'll play a bit and report back. Hopefully it'll all be there and
just work...
....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
[url]http://www.alaska.net/~atftb[/url]
Juneau, Alaska
Registered Linux User No: 307357
Ken Dere wrote:[color=blue]
> Kevin Miller wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Took me forever to get my WinTV card going under 10.0 - what can I
>> expect with 10.3? Will it finally "work out of the box" or will I again
>> have to jump through a bunch of hoops?
>>
>> Thanks...
>>
>> ...Kevin[/color]
>
> I just installed mine with Suse 10.3 RC1
>
> The ivtv modules are included in the kernel. However, the firmware is
> located in /lib/firmware and need to be put in
>
> /lib/modules/ - your kernel # here - /kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug
>
> then things are better. Still trying to install Freevo and haven't gotten
> that running yet so there may be more to do.
>
> Ken D.[/color]
Thanks Ken. I just checked - the firmware wasn't installed by default,
so I grabbed it via yast, then copied the firmware file over to hotplug
firmware directory. I'll have to reboot to see that it loads properly
at boot time. Sure a lot easier than it was previously!
In yast there was both ivtv and ivtv firmware. I installed both the
firmware and whatever the other is. The description didn't really
provide much help as to what is actually needed/provided.
But I'll play a bit and report back. Hopefully it'll all be there and
just work...
....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
[url]http://www.alaska.net/~atftb[/url]
Juneau, Alaska
Registered Linux User No: 307357