[ATrpms-users] F7 mythtv issues

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Fri Jul 6 13:40:16 CEST 2007


On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 12:25:48PM +0100, Kevin Page wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 11:51 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > It would be better to test on something newer like the latest FC6/F7
> > kernels. As said you won't be able to find matching kmdls anyway on an
> > FC6 kernel that doesn't exist on Fedora's repos anymore.
> 
> $ rpm -qlp kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7.i686.rpm |grep saa7127
> /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/kernel/drivers/media/video/saa7127.ko
> 
> So, the Fedora bugzilla was followed up and saa7127 is back in the
> distribution kernel - the video4linux kmod package is no longer needed
> for ivtv.
> 
> It doesn't solve the mystery, but it certainly avoids it :-/
> It may explain why we're seeing different results on F7 once people have
> moved to the latest kernel.
> 
> I still haven't moved to F7 (only tested the waters!), as there still
> isn't a ivtv_xdriver package, unfortunately - though I understand the
> reasons why.

FWIW you can use the one from FC6. The problem with F7 is that it
doesn't build it anymore.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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