Re: v4l-dvb compile broken with stock Ubuntu Karmic build (firedtv-ieee1394.c errors)

[Thomas Kernen <tkernen@deckpoint.ch>]

Thomas Kernen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I came across this thread from June 2009 in the news archives about 
> Ubuntu Karmic and v4l-dvb compile broken with stock Ubuntu Karmic build:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure/7161 
> 
> 
> I've just come across this issue myself after an upgrade of a server to 
> the Ubuntu Karmic release.
> 
> Is there any plans to attempt to mitigate this so that other users would 
> not be impacted?
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas

I don't like answering my own messages but hopefully this will be useful 
to other users too who may come across the same issue as I and didn't do 
enough research before asking the question.

Ubuntu Karmic is missing some Firewire/IEEE1394 files in the 
kernel-headers package.

Workaround:
in the v4l folder, open the .config file, find the line with 
"CONFIG_DVB_FIREDTV=m" and change to "CONFIG_DVB_FIREDTV=n".

Thomas