sjaglin

Thanx Ian, I feel a bit stupid now , BUT, the query is solved!!

;)

Stef

Hi,

I now use Kaffeine to record my tv programs from my DVB card (hauppauge nova-t) and it produces .m2t files.

Weird format can t find much about it, It is not in the wikipedia!

Anyway, when using tovid to put it in .avi files to read on my dvd player, the sound and image are often not synchronised .

Does anyone use a different transcoding program?

Is it possible to ask kaffeine to use a different format?

Cheers

Stef

Hi,

I bought an hauppauge win-tv nova T recently (2 weeks ago on ebay £ 16), it works Perfectly on Mandriva 2007, I had diificulties to start with but in fact a simple trick was missing. It was solved in ten keystrokes.

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=37394&hl=

Since I get a better reception than with windows (less flicking) and I can record in a lot more format. The remote works as well.

Stef

Hi,

I ll try that tomorrow (about to go to bed..) but I might need more help after, I ll keep u updated!

Cheers for that

Stef

Hi,

I carry-on my investigations into getting a dvb-t to work under Mandriva 2007. The card is a wintv nova-t from Hauppauge with an IR remote control. The chip on the card is from connexant and its id is cx2388x.

[root@linux-box dev]# lsmod | grep cx
cx8800				 28460  0
cx88xx				 55620  1 cx8800
ir_common			  24484  2 bttv,cx88xx
i2c_algo_bit			9352  2 bttv,cx88xx
video_buf			  21220  3 bttv,cx8800,cx88xx
tveeprom			   14192  2 bttv,cx88xx
i2c_core			   17536  5 bttv,nvidia,cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom
v4l2_common			15648  2 bttv,cx8800
compat_ioctl32		  1952  2 bttv,cx8800
v4l1_compat			14212  1 cx8800
btcx_risc			   4840  3 bttv,cx8800,cx88xx
videodev				8064  3 bttv,cx8800,cx88xx
and lspci :
..........
04:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
04:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
04:09.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)
root@linux-box dev]#

So it seems that the device is correctly detected. When I start kdetv, the program detects the card and tries to find some channel with no success.

Drakconf detects the card with brand and chip correctly recognised, but the IR remote appears in the keyboards (still with correct name).

The card works under windows (Boooh!) and detects all the local channels from my local aerial (uk-Mendip).

What I don t get is that I should have a device in /dev/dvb/ and I don t have this directory!

So my questions are :

-even though Drakconf has detected the card and the remote, does it mean that they are correctly installed?

-Where can I find out if they are actually installed.

-where can I see them in my modprobe.conf?

alias eth0 forcedeth
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe sata_nv; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ohci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true
alias eth1 eth1394
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
remove snd-hda-intel /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
install snd-hda-intel /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-hda-intel && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }

options visor vendor=0x0830 product=0x061
blacklist audio
blacklist snd-usb-audio

All probably very basic stuff but it's just getting on my nads a little bit!

Thanks for your help!

Stef.

HI!

Yeah, I had loads of problems with Beryl on 2007 but since I ve installled it on my cooker partition, it is great. I have been able to do videos of my desktop on 3d using istanbul, a great piece of rpm which deals with 3d! To see the video rename "try.txt" by "try" and that should work!

Stef

:D

Waow , Thanks for that, it's a valuable peace of work, maybe it should be added in tips and tricks!

Stef

Hi,

There is now an RPM available for this game, it s on a cooker repos but I ve tested it on 2007 ant it works fine!

Stef

ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/carroll.cac.ps...2007.1.i586.rpm

Thanks for keeping the thread going. I ahve o admit I gave up as I was in a rush to record some programs. I bought a win-tv nova as I saw it was fully supported by the kernel.

Thanx anyway, this thread and your how-to to come will be useful to other users and to me for when I am in a more courageous mood!

Stef ;)

Thanks for the tips,

It s true that I am trying around a bit at the moment, I ll stick to Mandriva, I eventually managed to setup Beryl on my box with the new nvidia drivers and that really looks and work great.

I ll have a go at Gentoo as it looks quite good, tried Suse or susedows shall I say, tried knoppix and other stuff but not yet PClinux os, It's my next one then!

Stef

Hi,

At the moment I have on my partitions :

-MDV2006 updated by Kiosk

-Cooker with main contrib debug and PLFs

-2007 32Bits with main contrib updates form official srces, plfs, beryl.

The 2006 is very stable and I will keep it this way. The cooker is cooker and therefore I don t mind if I have to repair it now and again. I would like to know:

- Can I add thac and ze on my 2007

-Is it useful?

-Will that make my system very unstable?

-Is that as risky as cooker?

Thanks, as always very basic stuff but I am quite basic...

Stef :P

In the configure options, there's an entry to enable dvb client. I don't know if that helps.

I tried that it does not seem to make anything.

On 2006 I have the device recognised as a tv-card but nothing much, at least the device is noticed and its light turns orange (good sign).

If I start 2007 from cold device it is not detected (only in lsusb, not in drakconf) on the light stays off. If I boot in 2006, then reboot in 2007 (the device being warm) then it is detected by 2007.

Conclusion, this can be used as a thermometer but so far no joy as a tv card!

Stef

Hi Ian,

Thanx, as fast as the light as usual!

Well I ve just read and installed v4l from source (http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_install_DVB) and I have some succes :

[root@localhost stephane]# lsmod|grep dvb
dvb_usb_dtt200u		11300  0
dvb_usb				20972  1 dvb_usb_dtt200u
dvb_core			   76680  1 dvb_usb
firmware_class		  7424  1 dvb_usb
dvb_pll				11780  1 dvb_usb
i2c_core			   17360  6 it87,i2c_sensor,i2c_isa,nvidia,dvb_usb,dvb_pll
usbcore			   108476  8 dvb_usb_dtt200u,dvb_usb,usbmouse,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
[root@localhost stephane]# slocate v4l | grep kernel
/lib/modules/2.6.12-17mdk-i586-up-1GB/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.12-17mdk-i586-up-1GB/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.ko.gz
[root@localhost stephane]#

I now have to find out how to make it work with Kaffeine who so far cant see it!

Stef ;)

Hi there,

I got myself a freecom usb stick digital tv receiver in order to record some programs rather thatn using the video, and to see how it works etc... toy for boy...

Well, I eventually got a result with windfart but I had to use a different software than the one provided AND to plug my aerial in the wall (portable one not sufficient).

Next of course I want it to work on my proper box : linux-box!

Now I went to http://www.linuxtv.org/ where I found a firmware driver (dvb-usb-wt220u-fc03.fw is its little name).

Now I don t have a clue what to do with it or how to make it work.

Here are a couple of infos about the system so far :

[root@localhost stephane]# lsmod | grep usb
usbmouse				4160  0
usb_storage			81220  0
scsi_mod			  121224  4 sg,sd_mod,libata,usb_storage
usbhid				 44544  0
usbcore			   108476  6 usbmouse,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
[root@localhost stephane]# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 14aa:0225 AVerMedia (again) or C&E
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
[root@localhost stephane]#

AVermedia is the new usb device which appears when I plug the freecom in.

I ve seen in places that it seem to work with kafeine on suse (the windoze branch of linux...) and others but I can t find a "how to"

I would appreciate some help there!

Cheers!

Stef

PS It seems I need v4l-dvb but can t find an RPM for that , any ideas?

It works for me, either under Gnome or KDE... but I'm using the 9XXX series beta driver, and ArchLinux, not Mandriva.

XGL effects are a nice toy for the first couple of days or so, but in the end they get disabled- they are just annoying for aged, conservative users like myself.

I agree, it's just that most windows users have never seen anything like that and it is a good thing to recruit! We only have a few months or so before proper release of vista, then we will have lost this advantage on windoze.

Stef

Hi There!

I ve always had nvidia cards and to install them drivers with mdv do as follow :

- go to easyurpmi website and follow instructions including plf stuff

- go to drakconf and click on "look at and config hardware"

-click on the video card and run config tools

-he will tell u "there is a manufacturer driver available do u wanna use it?" say yes (er type it)

-then log off and log back on and it should be done.

Otherwise gor to http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/configuration2006.html

a lot is explained there too

Good luck, it is quite easy,

Stef

Hi,

After reading all that I decided that I could not bear having a decent video-card and not have the possibilty to enjoy a 3d-Desktop.

So I did as follow :

-Full install of 2007 from "free" version dvd and update via anorien's ftp server. I installed both KDE and Gnome.

-Install NVIDIA drivers from PLF.

-Log in as user in Gnome and setup the 3d desktop and compiz.

-At the end of install of 3d desktop I am invited to logoff so I did. Back to the black screen at the command line and I typed (I was by default logged into root) startx. Then KDE starts with full 3d desktop and it works a treat.

This is the only way I manage to have the 3d desktop working. If I exit and do startx under user I get the hanging mandriva icon for ever.

If I reboot and start as kde same.

If I start gnome as user same.

It does not make any sense to me but makes me think that it might all be due to a permission problem? I just hope someone will read this and say "Eureka" this is a simple job...

In the meantime I ll carry-on experimenting...

Stef

question: why the legacy kernel?

Well I don t know why the legacy kernel, it is the one that 2007 has installed for me by default! The strange thing as well is whatever I do it installs the 32bits version instead of the 64bits!

Anyway, I ve put the 2.6.17-5mdv

as well as the source and it actually did solve some of my problems (thanx for that) but I still can't make lm_sensors work!

Stef

Hi

I ve got an Nvidia as well and the 3d desktop does not work despite a lot of patience. I have tried it on other machines, it seems that it works only with ati GFX cards and that we are waiting for the serie 9xxx drivers from nvidia to solve this problem.

Stef

Hi,

Thanks for the answer. Yes I did do it under "root" and it all seemed ok, he did succesfully detect my sensors but then nothing!

Stef

I voted Good at best because I had quite a lot of problems so far that a newbie would not have bee able to overcome therefore I think it is still a development release. 2006 updated with kiosk gives me perfect results first time.

Stef

Hi there,

I installed 2007 using the one version and after installing lm_sensors I get the following message :

 
[stephane@localhost ~]$ sensors
Can't access procfs/sysfs file
Unable to find i2c bus information;
For 2.6 kernels, make sure you have mounted sysfs and libsensors
was compiled with sysfs support!
For older kernels, make sure you have done 'modprobe i2c-proc'!
[stephane@localhost ~]$
[stephane@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.17-5mdvlegacy
[stephane@localhost ~]$

I have attached a file with description of my modules.

lm_sensors works well on my partition where 2006 is installed so not a hardware problem, I a m stuck !

Thanx for your help!

Stef :o

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nvperfkit_home.html

Hi, found that, the driver installs fine and give aiglx support as well as XGL BUT :

1- No idea how to install that software.

2- 3D desktop still does not work with my nvidia 6800 GT

Stef

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Hi,

I applied that to my Palm Tungsten T2 and it works fine. Thanks for that great work, I might keep 2007 after all!

Stef :D

Hi There,

I will use Helmut's topic to ask mt few questions as I am feeling a bit down as well about Mandriva (Boooh Wooh), I even started downloading suse 10.1 remastered but am only contemplating.

First, these are very basic questions, that s probably why i have not seen the answers so far.

Like Helmut I had problems installing mdv 2007 on my new system. I upgraded recently to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an am2 mobo in order to see the difference between 32bits and 64bits architectures.

So I wached a DVD from linux magazine in (UK version) and booted. First it would not work until I did the magical Linux noapic nolapic boot tweak. Then it would not pick up my mouse version (Microsoft basic wheely thing). I solved all that from the cmd line and drakconf.

From there onwards I used easy urpmi, picking my sources as x86_64, and then hell broke loose, starting with my printer not working and all the rest...

Then as soon as I wanted to update I had some messages, uncompatible architecture business! The version of DVD I have installed the 32bits version and not the 64bits and I was trying to install the 64bits updates!

So, the questions :

1- How can I force the 64 Bits install AND still use the noapic nolapic tweak?

2- Is my processor a i686, or a x86_64 and which update sources shall I use?

3- Once KDE is running how do I know which architecture of software was installed?arch tell me i686 but I think that is only the type of cpu, not the mdv version.

I know this is very basic stuff but I can t find the answers. I found wikipedia a bit vague on the subject.

So in the meantime I have my 32bits version on mdv 2007 installed on my main partition and that works well, apart froma couple of crashes which might be hardware based. I am ashamed to say that winfartXP did install well and my games are running fine (in 32 bits).

Well that's it.

A last line for Helmut, I hope you carry-on trying, there is no great victories without any harsh battles!

Stef