Re: Hauppauge ImpactVCB-e 01385

[Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>]

On 04/15/2014 06:45 PM, Steve Cookson - IT wrote:
>   Hi Hans,
> On 14/04/14 15:02, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> 
>  > I'd appreciate it if you can test this with a proper video feed.
> 
> Well, I've been installing the patch today.  I finished the compilation 
> script and the card is not detected.  Here's what I did:
> 
> It's been a bit hard-going because my ISP has been on a go-slow and 
> everything has taken much longer than it should.
> 
> 1    I did a fresh build of linux tv.  Deleted ~/linuxtv/media_build and 
> then typed:
> 2    user$ git clone git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git
> 3    user$ cd media_build
> 4    user$./build --main-git
> 
>      This seemed to be fine.
> 
> 5    tried to apply the patch (patch -p1 cx23885) but had issues (only 
> the main ...card.c was updated and ....h and ...video.c were not 
> updated).  As it was only one line each, I applied the updates manually.
> 6    user$ cd media
> 7    user$ sudo -s
> 8    root$ make -C ../v4l  (it scrolled up quickly, but completed with 
> no apparent errors
> 9    root$ make -C ../ install
> 10    root$ make -C .. rmmod (had a number of errors because of stk1160 
> so unplugged EasyCap and re-ran, lots of errors - see below)

You may have to do a 'depmod -a' here. Try that first.

> 11    tried to modprobe cx23885, but got "invalid agrgument"

Somewhat strange error message. Does 'dmesg' give you any useful info?

Regards,

	Hans

> 12    tried to reboot, but ls /dev/video* showed nothing.
> 
> Following are the errors from make -C .. rmmo.
> 
> The ImpactVCB-e card is installed.  Should I unplug it before doing 
> point 11?
>