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

[Tobias Hofmann]

On 07.02.2005 17:47, Axel Thimm wrote:

> 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 ;)

puh. :)

>>[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, 

good. :)

> 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,

thanks, but one thing at a time - pvr150 first... ;)

> 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).

weird... ;)

> 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

Thanks for the hint - meanwhile, I have been hunting/installing for 
other approaches, and found 
http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/17399 (Winston building 
Kernel and module RPMs without 4kstacks), which seems to work as in me 
getting ivtv to load without crashing the machine, and seeing for the 
first time live TV on my screen. :)

The con side of it is:

[root at mythtv ~]# apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r`=1:0.3.2c ivtv=1:0.3.2c
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Selected version 1:0.3.2c-66.rhfc3.at for ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.760_FC3
Selected version 1:0.3.2c-66.rhfc3.at for ivtv
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6629-2.6.10-1.741_no4kstacks: Obsoletes: 
nvidia-graphics-devices but 1.0-4.rhfc3.at is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or 
specify a solution).

Am i correctly assuming that the problem is similar to the one mentioned 
above - "mixup" of different kernel versions, which (yes, you never 
recommend "-f" :) ) could be overcome with -f?

The question is rather theoretical (but nevertheless interesting), as I 
tend to wait for either his or your kernel version 1.760 without the 
4kstacks, and go on from there.

>>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. :/

I am not a coder/kernel-expert, but judging from my experience (seems to 
currently somehow work with the no4kstacks-kernel), I,d buy that. :)

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

willdoso. :)

thanks, tobi... :)