bttv card installation

[chris-tux]

I want to install a grandtec multicapture bt878 card on my mdk 10OE distro.

modprobe bttv card=77 tuner=4 radio=0

works fine, I can see a video input with xawtv

here is dmesg ouput:

Linux video capture interface: v1.00

bttv: driver version 0.9.12 loaded

bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture

bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).

bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0a.0, irq: 22, latency: 64, mmio: 0xf7efe000

bttv0: subsystem: 3f3f:ff3f (UNKNOWN)

please mail id, board name and the correct card= insmod option to kraxel@bytesex.org

bttv0: using: GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878) [card=77,insmod option]

bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]

bttv0: using tuner=4

bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found

bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found

bttv0: registered device video0

bttv0: registered device vbi0

bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok

 

but I want to have the module automatically loaded at boot (I know very simple question but I didn't find a doc dealing with module & mandrake other than just lsmod,insmod...)

/etc/modules.conf

probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd

alias eth0 sk98lin

above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss

alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0

 

#grandtec multicapture card

alias char-major-81 bttv

options bttv radio=0 card=77

options tuner type=4

 

# I2C module options

alias char-major-89 i2c-dev

 

/etc/modules

bttv

 

what can I do ?

TIA

chris

[Steve Scrimpshire]

If you are using a 2.6.* kernel, then these lines:

#grandtec multicapture card
alias char-major-81 bttv
options bttv radio=0 card=77
options tuner type=4

# I2C module options
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev

need to be in /etc/modprobe.conf

 

If you are using a 2.4.* kernel, try rearranging these lines in /etc/modules.conf:

#grandtec multicapture card
alias char-major-81 bttv
options bttv radio=0 card=77
options tuner type=4

to look like this:

#grandtec multicapture card
options bttv radio=0 card=77
options tuner type=4
alias char-major-81 bttv

or if that doesn't work:

options bttv radio=0 card=77 tuner=4
alias char-major-81 bttv

[chris-tux]

I put it in modprobe.conf but it doesn't load the module bttv. So I added bttv to /etc/modprobe.preload. Then the module was loaded at boot but not using the good options, I had to put all the options on one line

#grandtec multicapture card

alias char-major-81 bttv

options bttv card=77 tuner=4 radio=0

Then it worked ...

I really nead how the modules are loaded with a 2.6.* kernel, I mean a step by step doc...

If anyone has got one, it is welcome :D

Edited June 10, 2004 by chris-tux