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Old 02-16-2004, 11:31 PM   #1
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how to configure tv tuner card


hello
i want to install tv tuner card. i am not able to install it. the output of lspci is below.can somebody suggest me the driver or how to make it run!!!
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 01)
01:04.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp (w/Handset) Modem (rev 01)
01:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01) (THIS IS THE THING TROUBLING ME)
01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
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Old 02-17-2004, 04:24 AM   #2
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Unless you have a very recent kernel it will probably not support cards with the Philips decoder chip. The good news is that a driver does exist. See:

http://bytesex.org/saa7134/
 
Old 02-17-2004, 08:14 AM   #3
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Thankx.
i tried it earlier.ihave downloaded the saa7134 driver. later on during installtion i have problem.from the driver-version(saa7134-0.2.9) directory i have given this command but out put is some error. can somebody help

#make KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/ SUBDIRS=/home/ryans/saa7134-0.2.9 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'
make -r -f tmp_include_depends all
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'
touch: creating `/usr/src/build/231485-i386/install/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/fs/jfs/jfs_debug.h': No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/build/231485-i386/install/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/fs/jfs/jfs_debug.h] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'
make[1]: *** [tmp_include_depends] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'
make: *** [default] Error 2
 
Old 02-17-2004, 04:56 PM   #4
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'make' has the wrong idea about where your kernel source code is located. Is there some sort of 'configure' command to run before 'make'? Otherwise I think you have to check carefully the build/install instructions.
 
Old 02-17-2004, 07:45 PM   #5
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Which distro are you using? You might want to check if you have V4L support already. If so, you may not need to build the drivers, just tell it what card to use, etc, etc.
 
Old 02-22-2004, 08:44 AM   #6
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i am using redhat 2.4.20-28.9 distro.
if /usr/src/linux is not the route to kernel source tree than i how do i find out where is kernel source tree
 
Old 02-23-2004, 03:53 AM   #7
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You could search for the directory called 'kernel' in the source tree with command:

find / -type d -name kernel -print

But unless you have installed a kernel source package it may not be there. I would guess the default installation might well not install it.
 
Old 02-28-2004, 08:54 AM   #8
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If you switch to a 2.6 kernel, the saa7134 driver/v4l2 is included standard. I would be suprised if you have to build it yourself with a stock redhat kernel. Just do a modprobe saa7134 to see if that generates errors like it can not find it. then edit /etc/modules conf to give card=yourcardnumber hereas an option when inserting the module.
I have the same chipset on my card, but cannot get sound from it...
 
  


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