[ATrpms-users] Re: ivtv=1:0.3.2c needs kernel#2.6.10-1.737_FC3?

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 02:53:49PM +0100, Tobias Hofmann wrote:
> While not being that new to Linux and computers in general, I am rather 
> new to apt and the like - please forgive me if this is entirely my fault:

No, it's not ;)

> [root at mythtv ivtv]# uname -r
> 2.6.10-1.760_FC3

> [root at mythtv ivtv]# apt-get install ivtv=1:0.3.2c

> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   ivtv ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.737_FC3 kernel#2.6.10-1.737_FC3

> No, I don,t want to go with kernel#2.6.10-1.737_FC3, especially since
> 
> [root at mythtv ivtv]# apt-cache search ivtv
> [...]
> ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.760_FC3 - IVTV kernel drivers.
> 
> Am I missing something here, or is there a requirement for ivtv=1:0.3.2c 
> to not have 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 installed, or am I too blond? :)

No, the issue here is that apt/yum know they have to pull one of the
kmdls, but they don't know that you'd prefer the one matching the
kernel you have installed and running.

There are add-ons for apt to make this happen, and there is smart,
that would try to find the minimal solution and thus install a kmdl
matching an already installed kernel (but not necessarily the one you
wanted the kmdl for, if you have multiple).

So play it safe and use

<your favourite package manager here> install foo-kmdl-`uname -r` foo

I.e.

apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r`=1:0.3.2c ivtv=1:0.3.2c

> BTW: Anyone have a link to the docs of a successful Myth-PVR150-install 
> with rpms? I have tested more modprobe.conf-settings this weekend than I 
> would care for... :)

The original release was working with Fedora's kernel, subsequent ones
seem to crash on 4KSTACKS. :/

Someone claimed one the ivtv-devel lists to have fixed this and was
going to send a patch, let's see.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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