From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f175.google.com ([209.85.211.175]:46776 "EHLO mail-yw0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751390AbZIETEB (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Sep 2009 15:04:01 -0400 Received: by ywh5 with SMTP id 5so2396318ywh.4 for ; Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:04:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AA2B63A.4060907@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:04:26 +1000 From: Jed MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: generic question References: <4AA28EBB.5070401@gmail.com> <4AA290CF.5000806@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AA290CF.5000806@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 >> > >