Where to find Linux-DVB driver header files?!

maffioso · #1 26th September 2006, 10:01 AM

Hello there,

is there anybody who knows what url i should use to locate my Linux-DVB driver header files.
I use the DVB-drivers build into the kernel and my source-code is installed right here:
/home/cisco/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.17/linux-2.6.17.686
Thanks in advance for the futured answers:-)

Best Regards

markkuk · #2 26th September 2006, 10:21 AM

First you must install the kernel-devel (or kernel-smp-devel) package, then the headers are in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build. Didn't we go through this already in another thread?

maffioso · #3 26th September 2006, 10:48 AM

Yes,
but i already isntalled the kernel-smp-devel. Last time you said to install vdr with yum but it is impossible because
then i can't install further applications and thus until now i'am still busy trying to run VDR.
The compilation went smooth already but everytime when i'am trying to start VDR, my systems say
[root@localhost VDR]# vdr
vdr: can't access video directory ./video
[root@localhost VDR]#

Do you know what i can change and it is very strang because i build the source-code with this video-dir:/dev/video
Or do you think that i have to mount the video-dir first before the system regonize.
Please your opinion because i finally want to start watching DVB-broadcasts:-)

Cheers

PilotJLR · #4 26th September 2006, 11:45 AM

A lot of DVB drivers are in "kernel-source," not kernel-devel... I got my ATI HDTV card working by using a driver in the kernel-source package.

maffioso · #5 26th September 2006, 01:25 PM

Do you also used VDR to see the video-channels??
I have a lot of troubles the moment that VDR is installed and i think it has something to do
with the video-dir.
Can you give me the DVBDIR that you used from the kernel-source to make this work??

Cheers

markkuk · #6 26th September 2006, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maffioso

Yes,
but i already isntalled the kernel-smp-devel. Last time you said to install vdr with yum but it is impossible because
then i can't install further applications

Why couldn't you install further applications after installing vdr through yum? If your repository configuration is broken, just fix it and yum works again.

maffioso · #7 26th September 2006, 03:01 PM

Yes, that's correct.

What i mean is that i can't install plugins for VDR when i install it the first time with yum.

markkuk · #8 26th September 2006, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maffioso

What i mean is that i can't install plugins for VDR when i install it the first time with yum.

You can't install vdr plugins by yum or you can't compile vdr plugins from source? I guess you need to install vdr-devel if you want to compile plugins.

maffioso · #9 26th September 2006, 09:53 PM

I mean that if you install vdr with yum afterwards a plugin-installation for VDR impossible is.
And that is not what i want. Thus i need to install it from source.
That's why i need to know where i can find the Linux-DVB driver header files??
I need this url because i need to config the Makefile before i can compile vdr.
There is a variable in the Makefile that calls DVBDIR. Before you do a configuration it points to ../DVB but this is only good when you installed and compiled the dvb-drivers by yourself.
I use the dvb-drivers from the kernel so i think i need to change the variable to the right url before
having the right configuration.
So is there anybody who knows where i can find the Linux-DVB driver header files?!

Greetz

markkuk · #10 26th September 2006, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maffioso

I mean that if you install vdr with yum afterwards a plugin-installation for VDR impossible is.

So, if you do "yum install vdr", it's impossible to do "yum install vdr-femon" or "yum install vdr-subtitles"? What errors do you get when you try that? Or do you mean something different?

PilotJLR · #11 27th September 2006, 01:51 AM

maffioso - this may not answer your question, but if you're looking for various DVB drivers, then install kernel-source, and look in this directory:
/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.17/Documentation/dvb

the script "get_dvb_firmware" if what you need to retrieve DVB drivers.

maffioso · #12 27th September 2006, 08:56 AM

Oke thanks for the nice tip PilotJLR.
I will certainly take a look at this file.
Markkuk to answer to your question. I already compiled VDR from source but everytime when i'am
trying to run vdr(with the "vdr"-command) my system tells me this:
cannot access ./video

when i run this runvdr-script in /etc/rc.d my system tells me this:
[root@localhost VDR]# /etc/init.d/vdr start
Starting Video Disk Recorder (vdr): vdr: warning - cannot set dumpable: Invalid argument
[ OK ]
[root@localhost VDR]#

when i run the w_scan-application my drivers are loaded successfull, the application scans perfectly but
when this application try to starts VDR is says this again:

vdr: warning - cannot set dumpable: Invalid argument
./w_scan_start.sh: line 286: Starting: command not found
Checking wether /usr/local/bin/runvdr knows 'start'.. [ NO ]

On most systems vdr should run now - if not, reboot.
GOODBYE! Exiting now.

[root@localhost WSCAN]#

Do you know what's going on and what the hell does this "dumpable" mean????????

Best Regards