[ATrpms-users] DVB-T USB stick OK under FC5, not under CentOS 5

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Sat Dec 8 09:10:43 CET 2007


On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 11:37:37PM +0000, John Pilkington wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 22:58 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 06:45:30PM +0000, John Pilkington wrote:
> > > But my main problem is that the DVB-T stick that works quite well in FC5
> > > seems unusable in Centos.  I have Axel's v4l and its kmdl of 20070731
> > > installed and maybe the problem will go away when the more recent
> > > releases arrive (and I get back to the system).
> > 
> > does that mean you have 20070731 on both FC5 and CentOS5 and it only
> > works on FC5?
> 
> I'm afraid I'm away from home at present and can't say exactly what the
> FC5 system has. I think it was fully updated when the FC5 packages were
> dropped, and it hasn't been changed since, so the answer is probably
> 'yes'.  But IIRC FC5 had the video stuff in the kernel and didn't need
> the v4l packages.  I've tried Centos without them but then dvbscan and
> Mythtvsetup wouldn't run.

When you get back home check out with modinfo foo | head or modprobe
-nv foo to see which modules are being loaded (use the modprobe before
they have been loaded) and then use rpm -qf on the filename to see
what packages provide them.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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