[ATrpms-users] yum install for ivtv failing w/Missing Dependency

[Axel Thimm]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 10:28:10AM -0500, Steve B. wrote:
> >From: Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net>
> >Reply-To: ATrpms user list <atrpms-users at ATrpms.net>
> >To: "Steve B." <bigboote66 at hotmail.com>
> >CC: atrpms-users at ATrpms.net
> >Subject: Re: [ATrpms-users] yum install for ivtv failing w/Missing 
> >Dependency
> >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:50:46 +0200
> >
> >On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 07:40:13AM -0500, Steve B. wrote:
> > > Thanks for the info.  As I'm a complete Linux newbie (at least as far as
> > > setting up the boxes goes), can you tell me how I tell yum to get the 
> >0.8
> > > release instead of the 0.7 one?
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >You can build ivtv yourself. You will need a recent videodev2.h file
> >to inject for ivtvctl to pick up.
> 
> Well, I managed to figure out how to install the 0.8 release from the 
> atrptms.net site using rpm, but that also failed with the "Missing 
> Dependency" error, plus an additional one (sorry, I don't have the text now, 
> as you will see later).  I then tried to build the ivtv drivers directly 
> from their source distribution, which seemed to work, as I was able to get 
> the card recognized by the OS.  However, when I tried to test the capture of 
> the card (using the "cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg" suggestion), 
> my machine power cycled unceremoniously.
> 
> I don't know if I'm just unlucky that I chose the week to try to set up this 
> system when the distributions are in a state of flux or what.  As I was not 
> sure when things will be stable again, I just punted on the whole Fedora 
> plan and am in the process of setting up the system using KnoppMyth.
> 
> Thanks for you time, in any case.

By the time you wrote this there were ivtv kmdls already published at
ATrpms, so indeed your timing seems to be very unfortunate. :/

Anyway, anything that leads you to your goal is fine.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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