From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp129.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.53.34]) by www.linuxtv.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Kh0cd-000254-AR for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:27:32 +0200 Message-ID: <48D4DE00.90005@rogers.com> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:26:56 -0400 From: Jonathan Coles MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org References: <48D059AE.1060307@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Questions on v4l-dvb driver instructions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: Perhaps I have some other misconfiguration in my system. With the wget command I must use the --no-proxy option. Otherwise, I get "Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name." Very strange that port 8080 is assumed when the standard port is 80. I couldn't find an equivalent no-proxy option for hg. Thanks. Owen Townend wrote: > 2008/9/17 Jonathan Coles : > >> Your instructions at http://linuxtv.org/repo/ for obtaining v4l-dvb say >> to execute: >> >> hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb >> >> But this returns >> >> abort: error: Name or service not known >> >> Perhaps there is a mistake in the instructions. >> > > copy and pasting that line here works fine: > > % hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb > destination directory: v4l-dvb > requesting all changes > adding changesets > ...etc > > >> It seems this checkout step is not really required, as you can download >> the tarball from a link on the page at the URL. >> > > One advantage of using mercurial over the tarball is the ability to > run `hg pull` and `hg update` rather than re download the entire set. > > >> I also find it confusing that you mention dvb-apps, but don't talk about >> compiling it. Is it needed? Optional? An alternative? >> > > dvb-apps AFAIK are optional. I have not yet needed them in normal > operation of a tuner card. > > >> Are there additional steps not presented here? I was unable to get my >> Hauppage HVR-950 to work on Ubuntu 8.04. Does this package support that >> device? >> > > Do you have the firmware for the device as well as the driver? > > On the mythtv-users list there was a success story using one of these > tuners. It details how they got it working before going into issues > using two of them: > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/349205?search_string=HVR-950;#349205 > He was using the mcentral repository, and Edgy but the steps are > otherwise the same. > > Hope this helps, > cheers, > Owen. > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb