Problems building v4l-dvb modules

Problems building v4l-dvb modules

[Edward Ludlow]

I am trying to follow the guide at 
http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/How_to_build_from_Mercurial to get 
my PVR-250 card going.

I get as far as "make load" to insert the modules into the kernel, but 
then it hangs at /sbin/insmod ./b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko

Tried there times now with the same result.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ed Ludlow

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Re: Problems building v4l-dvb modules

[Michael Krufky]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Edward Ludlow <eludlow@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I am trying to follow the guide at
>  http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/How_to_build_from_Mercurial to get
>  my PVR-250 card going.
>
>  I get as far as "make load" to insert the modules into the kernel, but
>  then it hangs at /sbin/insmod ./b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko
>
>  Tried there times now with the same result.
>
>  Any ideas?


Don't do *make load* (I'll edit the wiki entry)

Reboot your computer, and it should be OK.

-Mike

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Re: Problems building v4l-dvb modules

[Michael Krufky]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Edward Ludlow <eludlow@btinternet.com> wrote:
>  > I am trying to follow the guide at
>  >  http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/How_to_build_from_Mercurial to get
>  >  my PVR-250 card going.
>  >
>  >  I get as far as "make load" to insert the modules into the kernel, but
>  >  then it hangs at /sbin/insmod ./b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko
>  >
>  >  Tried there times now with the same result.
>  >
>  >  Any ideas?
>
>
>  Don't do *make load* (I'll edit the wiki entry)
>
>  Reboot your computer, and it should be OK.


Ugh, it's too much to change and I don't have the time right now....


If anybody is interested in fixing this wiki entry, please be aware
that "make load" and "make reload" are *never* appropriate.  Just
modprobe the module that you need.  Loading ALL modules is a terrible
idea, and is only useful for debugging if you *really* know what
you're doing.

-Mike

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Re: Problems building v4l-dvb modules

[Edward Ludlow]

Michael Krufky wrote:

>>  Don't do *make load* (I'll edit the wiki entry)
>>
>>  Reboot your computer, and it should be OK.
> 
> 
> Ugh, it's too much to change and I don't have the time right now....
> 
> 
> If anybody is interested in fixing this wiki entry, please be aware
> that "make load" and "make reload" are *never* appropriate.  Just
> modprobe the module that you need.  Loading ALL modules is a terrible
> idea, and is only useful for debugging if you *really* know what
> you're doing.
> 
> -Mike
> 

Thanks Mike.

So do I stop after "make install" or do the "make unload" as per the wiki?

Is that it then?  The wiki then goes on to explain errors you may get - 
and not a lot more.  What's the next step?

Please excuse the linux noobie questions!

Ed

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Re: Problems building v4l-dvb modules

[Michael Krufky]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Edward Ludlow <eludlow@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Michael Krufky wrote:
>
>  >>  Don't do *make load* (I'll edit the wiki entry)
>  >>
>  >>  Reboot your computer, and it should be OK.
>  >
>  >
>  > Ugh, it's too much to change and I don't have the time right now....
>  >
>  >
>  > If anybody is interested in fixing this wiki entry, please be aware
>  > that "make load" and "make reload" are *never* appropriate.  Just
>  > modprobe the module that you need.  Loading ALL modules is a terrible
>  > idea, and is only useful for debugging if you *really* know what
>  > you're doing.
>  >
>  > -Mike
>  >
>
>  Thanks Mike.
>
>  So do I stop after "make install" or do the "make unload" as per the wiki?
>
>  Is that it then?  The wiki then goes on to explain errors you may get -
>  and not a lot more.  What's the next step?
>
>  Please excuse the linux noobie questions!

If you are going to reboot, then you can do "make install" as the last
step before rebooting.

If you are going to modprobe the module that you need, then do "make
unload" beforehand, after doing "make install" first.

If you run into *any* problem, or dont know what module you need for
your device, then just reboot.

-Mike

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