Re: generic question

[Jed <jedi.theone@gmail.com>]

The compile & install completed without issue then I rebooted but....

jed@jed-desktop:/var/log$ sudo lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            18572  1
bridge                 63776  0
stp                    11140  1 bridge
bnep                   22912  2
video                  29204  0
output                 11648  1 video
input_polldev          12688  0
lp                     19588  0
snd_hda_intel         557492  4
snd_pcm_oss            52352  0
snd_mixer_oss          24960  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                99464  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy          11524  0
snd_seq_oss            41984  0
snd_seq_midi           15744  0
snd_rawmidi            33920  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     16512  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                66272  6 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              34064  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
iTCO_wdt               21712  0
snd_seq_device         16276  5 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
pcspkr                 11136  0
ppdev                  16904  0
iTCO_vendor_support    12420  1 iTCO_wdt
snd                    78920  17 
snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore              16800  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         18704  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
parport_pc             45096  1
parport                49584  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
usbhid                 47040  0
intel_agp              39408  0
ohci1394               42164  0
ieee1394              108288  1 ohci1394
r8169                  46596  0
mii                    14464  1 r8169
fbcon                  49792  0
tileblit               11264  1 fbcon
font                   17024  1 fbcon
bitblit                14464  1 fbcon
softcursor             10368  1 bitblit

...Where's the module I need?

And this is all that's in /etc/modules...

lp
rtc

udev has not created any devices nodes for DVB & V4L:

jed@jed-desktop:/var/log$ ls -l /dev/dvb
ls: cannot access /dev/dvb: No such file or directory
jed@jed-desktop:/var/log$ ls -l /dev/v4l
ls: cannot access /dev/v4l: No such file or directory

I can't see anything relating to 7162 devices here:
http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb?cmd=file;file=linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner;filenode=-1;style=raw
Perhaps the module for 7162 devices is not in the main source tree yet? 
Admittedly I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for!

I've got a copy of various logs from /var/log, many extraneous, but just 
trying to cover all bases, lemme know & I can send!
Any advice/help greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Jed


Jed wrote:
> Actually I just realised...
>
> I think when the system reboots it will only load the modules it needs 
> from /lib/modules/[kernel version]/kernel/drivers/media...
> It won't load everything in that directory into the kernel/memory right?
>
> So the only reason one might want to use "make menuconfig"; is to 
> prevent irrelevant compiled modules ending up in...
> /lib/modules/[kernel version]/kernel/drivers/media
>
> Feel free to correct if this understanding is wrong.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jed wrote:
>> I installed _all_ dvb-v4l modules after compiling latest source 
>> because at the time I couldn't use "make menuconfig" (didn't have 
>> ncurses installed)
>> Is there a way I can retrospectively remove some compiled/installed 
>> modules so that I'm only using the ones I need?
>> I only need modules associated with: 
>> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Saa7162_devices#DNTV_PCI_Express_cards 
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jed
>>
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