Loading bttv module at boot?

[kwhiskers]

I tested my system using your modprobe.conf, that is, I added the line
char-major-81-0 and my output seemed to be the same as before. I don't
think that line makes much difference either way on my computer. I
wonder what it is? Could it be your radio chip? I don't have one. I am
sure you need that line and I don't, becaue a few days ago your output
listing said, "registerd device radio0" and now it doesn't. You have a
radio tuner built into your card, too, don't you?

We are on the wrong track! Save your money. You've got a good card.
The problem is another.

You do have hotplug installed? But the kernel is recognizing the card,
after all. That's not it either.

And what we didn't notice before, is that the card IS getting mounted
to dev/video0! It says so right near the bottom of your kernel output,
just before the PLL. Are you certain your tvtuner is type=39?

The output looks good. Really. What isn't the card doing?

Have you tried the card with tvtime? It's part of the standard fedora
distribution. You should get video signals. I am absolutely certain
that your card is properly loaded to /dev/video0. Test it with tvtime,
or if you have to, go to fedora-extras and get the old xawtv.

Pete

PS: After the complaints from the crotchety old men LOL, I got a gmail
account to read the threads properly and not have to get the digest.
:-)

On Apr 10, 2005 9:04 PM, John L. Pierce <bjjp at kvnet.org> wrote:
> Pete, forgive the delay I work the majority of my shifts over the
> weekend.
> 
> I tried the boot with the modprobe.conf file below and still no
> driver loaded at boot.
> 
> <<
> alias eth0 via-rhine
> alias snd-card-1 snd-au8810
> #install snd-au8810 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-au8810
> && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-au8810 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1
> || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-au8810
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> # bttv
> alias char-major-81 bttv
> options bttv card=10 radio=0 tuner=39
> >>
> 
> I have gone as far as removing the card and allowing the system to
> reboot, kudzu checks for new hardware and informs me that the following
> device has been removed from my system
> 
> Brooktree Corporation bt878 video capture card
> 
> I have then re-installed the card and kudzu tells me that the following
> device has been added to my system.
> 
> First Screen
> 
> Brooktree Corporation bt878 video capture device
>         audio capture device
> 
> Second Screen
> 
> Brooktree Corporation bt878 video capture device
>         video capture device
> 
> On both screens I elect to configure the device.
> 
> I am running a stock fedora kernel, output of uname -a
> 
> <<
> Linux ns2.local.net 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 #1 Thu Feb 24 14:00:06 EST 2005
> i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> >>
> 
> If I modprobe bttv this is the tail of dmesg:
> 
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
> bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:09.0, irq: 3, latency: 32, mmio:
> 0xd8141000
> bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is
> 0070:13eb
> bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) [card=10,insmod option]
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffdb [init]
> bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5]
> bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom: model=29440, tuner=LG TPI8PSB01D (28), radio=no
> bttv0: using tuner=39
> bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
> tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver
> tvaudio: known chips:
> tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951),ta8874z
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus bt878 #0 [sw]
> tuner: type set to 39 (LG NTSC (newer TAPC series)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
> bttv0: registered device video0
> bttv0: registered device vbi0
> bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
> bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
> bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: SCERR @ 0ecf0014,bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR*
> bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
> 
> I am just about to go by a WinTV PVR150 MCE and switch to the ivtv
> driver.
> 
> I am at a complete loss.
> 
> John
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