[ATrpms-users] centos5 installation doesn't recognize hd5000 dvb cards

[lunchspecial at cox.net]

I found the source and spec files on atrpms (someone moreknowledgeable in this stuff than I showed me where to look). I will try rebuilding the rpm tonight.

If anyone has any other ideas as to why the dvb devices wouldn't load, please let me know.

Thanks,
TB

---- Lunch Special <lunchspecial at cox.net> wrote: 
> Hello,
> I've been trying to bring up mythtv on a machine with centos5. I've 
> installed video4linux package, but no /dev/dvb devices are created during boot:
> 
> video4linux.i386                         1:20070420-80.el5 
> installed
> video4linux-kmdl-2.6.18-8.el5.i686       1:20070420-80.el5      installed
> 
> There are no error messages of any type in dmesg. There are no 
> messages containing 'dvb', 'flexcop', etc, either. 'lspci' shows the 
> two HD5000's installed. I've read in several places that these cards 
> may need firmware, but I've been unable to find specifically what 
> firmware file is required, if any. I have the following firmware 
> files in /lib/firmware:
> 
> v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
> v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
> v4l-cx25840.fw
> v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw
> v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
> 
> At this point I'm guessing that the el5 version of video4linux-kmdl 
> was built without flexcop or b2c2 support. I'd like to rebuild 
> video4linux-kmdl-2.6.18-8.el5.i686. Could someone provide pointers to 
> the source for this package? Any tips on the build process would also 
> be appreciated.
> 
> Also, if these questions are better suited for another board, please 
> let me know where to post.
> 
> TIA,
> TB
>