[pvrusb2] Avg. user looking for a step by step guide when using ubuntu and latest kernel

[roger]

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 18:51 -0500, Mike Isely wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Wille Wonka wrote:
> 
> > Hi and thanks for the great job helping us USB2 users to get going!
> > 
> > I am not a super Linux user but not a newbe. Still I have some issues 
> > getting this to work as I am overwelmed with all information and can not 
> > really decide what applies with old version kernel vs. new one...
> > Therefore, based on the below setup I would GRATELY appreciate a step by 
> > step guide on how to get my Hauppague PVR USB2 card working on:
> > 
> > Aiming for Ubuntu latest release (Or if there is a better candidate for 
> > this)
> > With install Mythtv after successfully installing my card


Using Gentoo Linux:

1) Select the in-kernel module (according to Mike's Instructions on his
website) and recompile kernel.  The default gentoo provided kernel may
already provide the options compiled in.

2) # emerge media-tv/pvr-firmware

3) # modprobe pvrusb (if needed)

You should now have a loaded /dev/v4l/video0 device. :-)


Since you are using Ubuntu, I would encourage you to file a bug report
with the Ubuntu Dev team to provide you a package for the pvr-firmwares.

I think most Distributions are going to be lacking the pvr-firmware
package except Gentoo.  (Correct me if I'm wrong here. :-)


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Fri Oct 13 20:07:38 PDT 2006