[ATrpms-users] ivtv saa7127 missing module?

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 05:10:10PM -0600, David Dotson wrote:
> I'm trying to install MythTV using a PVR-350 card, and everything works
> great with the packages at atrpms.net except for the TV Out testing...
>  
> I'm at this paragraph in the instructions on the HOWTO at
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
>  
> ---------
> "The next step is to test the functionality of the TV-Out connection.
> First, remove the saa7127 module, so we can subsequently reload it with
> a test pattern. If you only have one input to your TV at your disposal,
> and you're already using it with your video card's TVOut, it is
> perfectly safe to unplug that connection and substitute the 350 for it.
> Simply switch the connections back when you've seen the 350 test
> pattern:"
>  
> # /sbin/rmmod saa7127
> # /sbin/modprobe saa7127 test_image=1
> ---------
>  
> The problem that I have is that I don't have a saa7127 module, I get the
> error:
> "ERROR: Module saa7127 does not exist in /proc/modules"

That's probably normal: It means rmmod didn't find anything to
remove. It's more important to see what the modprobe did or didn't do.

> Does this module exist in a different package (other than ivtv_xdriver
> and related ones), or has it been replaced by something?

It shouldbe part of your kernel by now.

> It looks like (from /proc/modules) that a saa7115 exists, but I assume
> that wouldn't be the correct module, or version.
>  
> Let me know if this question should belong on the MythTV user list, I
> was just wondering what package the saa7127 module comes from, if any. 

# rpm -qf /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2869.fc6/kernel/drivers/media/video/saa7127.ko
kernel-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6
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