Thread: IVTV + Gentoo

I'm running kernel 2.6.28-gentoo-r5.

Whenever I try to run live tv or record stuff the mythbackend log shows:

Code:

2009-06-21 11:25:27.850 TVRec(8): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-06-21 11:25:27.853 TVRec(8): HW Tuner: 8->8
2009-06-21 11:25:27.898 SampleRate: Attempted to add a rate 44100 Hz, which is not in the list of allowed rates.
2009-06-21 11:25:29.061 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-06-21 11:25:29.062 NVR(/dev/v4l/video0): Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back
VIDIOCGCHAN: Invalid argument
strange error flushing buffer ... 
VIDIOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument
2009-06-21 11:25:29.205 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2009-06-21 11:25:29.208 adding: bloodyiron as a client (events: 0)
2009-06-21 11:25:29.210 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2009-06-21 11:25:29.212 adding: bloodyiron as a remote file transfer
2009-06-21 11:26:09.246 TVRec(8): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None

And I've tried following:

Howto:Gentoo - IVTV

I tried putting those aspects in the kernel, and back to module, and no change. When I compile ivtv it says:

Code:

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1
 * ivtv-1.2.0.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ...                                                 [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                                                 [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                                               [ ok ]
 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found kernel object directory:
 *     /lib/modules/2.6.28-gentoo-r5/build
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     2.6.28-gentoo-r5
 * Each IVTV driver branch will only work with a specific
 * linux kernel branch.
 * 
 * You will need to either:
 * a) emerge a different kernel
 * b) emerge a different ivtv driver
 * 
 * See http://ivtvdriver.org/ for more information
 * 
 * ERROR: media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called pkg_setup
 *    ivtv-1.2.0-r1.ebuild, line   41:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *   		die "This only works on 2.6.25 kernels"
 *  The die message:
 *   This only works on 2.6.25 kernels
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1/temp/die.env'.
 * 

>>> Failed to emerge media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1, Log file:

>>>  '/var/tmp/portage/media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1/temp/build.log'

 * Messages for package media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1:

 * Each IVTV driver branch will only work with a specific
 * linux kernel branch.
 * 
 * You will need to either:
 * a) emerge a different kernel
 * b) emerge a different ivtv driver
 * 
 * See http://ivtvdriver.org/ for more information
 * 
 * ERROR: media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called pkg_setup
 *    ivtv-1.2.0-r1.ebuild, line   41:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *   		die "This only works on 2.6.25 kernels"
 *  The die message:
 *   This only works on 2.6.25 kernels
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1/temp/die.env'.
 *

I have no idea what to do now as the gentoo guide seems to not mention this at all. What is the proper way to deal with the modern ivtv driver?

Also, I tried posting on the gentoo forums, but they have been completely unhelpful.

The error seeks to be pretty specific.

* ERROR: media-tv/ivtv-1.2.0-r1 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 49: Called pkg_setup
* ivtv-1.2.0-r1.ebuild, line 41: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "This only works on 2.6.25 kernels"
* The die message:
* This only works on 2.6.25 kernels

According to your intro you are running kernel version 2.6.28. The IVTV website lists the IVTV versions and what kernel version they are supposed to work with, and according to there breakdown you need at least IVTV version 1.3 in order to work with your kernel version. Take a look at the following link -

Download - IVTV

Hope this helps,

Brent

Originally Posted by fromans4

The error seeks to be pretty specific.



According to your intro you are running kernel version 2.6.28. The IVTV website lists the IVTV versions and what kernel version they are supposed to work with, and according to there breakdown you need at least IVTV version 1.3 in order to work with your kernel version. Take a look at the following link -

Download - IVTV

Hope this helps,

Brent

According to the gentoo folk it's in the kernel now, as opposed to downloading the driver itself. Or did I misread?

I'll also try out the 1.3 version.

Hi there,

Not sure if you solved this problem or not.

But IVTV should be in the kernel and you only need to emerge ivtv-utils and ivtv-firmware.

However I did also a upgrade to new kernel (2.6.30-r4) and encounter problems with loading the firmware, see other thread.

So I really wonder if you solved your problem or not.

Cheers,
Matthijs