USB tuner and kernel.org

Sun May 3 18:13:02 UTC 2009

Hello list;
  I recently bought an Autumn Wave OnAir HDTV USSB tuner.

I read the pvrusb2 driver setup information.

I am logged in as "mick" KDE.
In an xterm as root:

[root at localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 23 23:08:10 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Under F10 it fails with:

[root at localhost ~]# tvtime
Running tvtime 1.0.2.
Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
xvoutput: No XVIDEO port found which supports YUY2 images.

*** tvtime requires hardware YUY2 overlay support from your video card
*** driver.  If you are using an older NVIDIA card (TNT2), then
*** this capability is only available with their binary drivers.
*** For some ATI cards, this feature may be found in the experimental
*** GATOS drivers: http://gatos.souceforge.net/
*** If unsure, please check with your distribution to see if your
*** X driver supports hardware overlay surfaces.

[root at localhost ~]# xawtv
This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/x86_64 (2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64)
xinerama 0: 1440x900+0+0
WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display.
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
no video grabber device available

[root at localhost ~]# kdetv
/usr/bin/iceauth:  creating new authority file /root/.ICEauthority
kbuildsycoca running...
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL 
kdetv: could not connect to socket
kdetv: No such file or directory
[root at localhost ~]# v4l-conf
v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0
dga: version 2.0
WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display.
mode: 1440x900, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=5760, base=unknown
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory

[root at localhost ~]# ls -l /dev/video*
ls: cannot access /dev/video*: No such file or directory

[root at localhost ~]# depmod pvrusb2 
WARNING: Can't read module pvrusb2: No such file or directory

But:

[root at localhost ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
pvrusb2               138896  0 
dvb_core               84380  1 pvrusb2
cx2341x                19332  1 pvrusb2
v4l2_common            18560  2 pvrusb2,cx2341x
videodev               40704  1 pvrusb2
v4l1_compat            21380  2 pvrusb2,videodev
tveeprom               21508  1 pvrusb2
xt_limit               11140  8 
iptable_mangle         11392  0 
ipt_LOG                13828  8 
ipt_MASQUERADE         11264  0 
nf_nat                 25496  1 ipt_MASQUERADE
xt_DSCP                11776  0 
nf_conntrack_irc       14392  0 
nf_conntrack_ftp       16696  0 
fuse                   60992  2 
bridge                 56352  0 
stp                    10756  1 bridge
bnep                   21888  2 
sco                    19204  2 
l2cap                  28544  3 bnep
bluetooth              59940  5 bnep,sco,l2cap
sunrpc                191080  3 
ip6t_REJECT            12160  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      22984  2 
ip6table_filter        11136  1 
ip6_tables             26128  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  287784  38 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
dm_multipath           23704  0 
uinput                 16128  0 
snd_hda_intel         480032  4 
snd_seq_dummy          11396  0 
arc4                   10240  2 
snd_seq_oss            39232  0 
ecb                    11264  2 
snd_seq_midi_event     14848  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                61968  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
crypto_blkcipher       24196  1 ecb
snd_seq_device         15380  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
rt61pci                28288  0 
snd_pcm_oss            52224  0 
ata_generic            14084  0 
rt2x00pci              14848  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              43648  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
snd_mixer_oss          23168  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                85640  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
rfkill                 17188  1 rt2x00lib
pata_acpi              13184  0 
snd_timer              30352  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         16656  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mac80211              214128  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd_hwdep              16392  1 snd_hda_intel
snd                    68984  18 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
k8temp                 13056  0 
r8169                  40964  0 
hwmon                  11064  1 k8temp
cfg80211               32656  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
i2c_piix4              18448  0 
soundcore              14992  1 snd
firewire_ohci          30468  0 
pcspkr                 11008  0 
shpchp                 38300  0 
mii                    13056  1 r8169
i2c_core               29216  4 pvrusb2,v4l2_common,tveeprom,i2c_piix4
firewire_core          45504  1 firewire_ohci
eeprom_93cx6           10368  1 rt61pci
pata_atiixp            13824  0 
floppy                 66216  0 
wmi                    14912  0 
crc_itu_t              10240  2 rt61pci,firewire_core

[root at localhost ~]# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 009 Device 002: ID 046d:c501 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 11ba:1101  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

I then downloaded the latest kernal from kernal.org, configured and compiled it

When I boot it I get "cannot find /dev/root"

Has anyone got this thing to work?
How do you compile tyhe new kernels?

Thanks
  Mick M.