Tathagata Banerjee wrote:
i can't configure my FlyVideo Lifetec tv card (card no.54) and tuner (no.5) on my SuSE 9.3 pro box.
YaST gives up trying to scan channels, saying (may wrap):
sh: "card":"54", "tuner":"5": syntax error: operand expected (error token is ""card":"54", "tuner":"5"")
hoping that YaST had written the correct config lines in the correct places and was merely failing to scan, i tried 'scantv' and 'scantv4', but no go. no channels are detected. same with xawtv and xawtv4.
the same card is working beautifully under winxp. using a GPL-ed driver and a player called DScaler, i was able to generate and use a config file and channel list under windows, but i don't know how to convert it to the xawtv format, or whether it'll be of any use even.
on a previous mandrake 9.1 box, too, i was able to get it working by adding these lines to /etc/modules.conf:
================================== alias char-major-89 i2c-dev options i2c-core i2c_debug=1 options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
alias char-major-81 bttv options bttv card=54 fieldnr=1 gbuffers=2 options tuner debug=1 type=5 pal=b ==================================
however, adding those to /etc/modprobe.conf.local on SuSE generates error messages from modprobe.
i am using the correct video norm (pal) and input type (television), and the appropriate frequency table (europe-west), so those aren't the problem.
does anyone have useful ideas?
- t. -- cogito, ergo es.
What do you get reported in dmesg and what modules are loaded? I presume the devices are all correct in /dev as you are getting no reports from them. Errors from modprobe may also help. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks